Jewelry. Wiener Werkstǎtte Jewelry. Exhibition catalog.

Neue Galerie, New York, 2008. Edited by Janice Staggs with contributions by Ronald S. Lauder and Renée Price. Hardcover, black cloth with gilt stamped letters, decorative gilt-stamped black and gilt endpapers. Fine with very good dust jacket that shows evidence of use but no tears, dents, or chips. Issued to accompany the first major museum exhibition devoted to Weiner Werkstatte jewelry, including Arts and Crafts movement pieces by masters Josef Hoffman, Koloman Moser, Carl Otto Czeschka, and Dagobert Pecne, among others. Includes photographs of beautiful women wearing the jewelry. The Wiener Werkstǎtte or Vienna Workshops, was established 1903 and founded by Hoffman and Moser. 118 pages. Summary:

Edited by Janis Staggs, Wiener Werkstätte Jewelry (Neue Galerie New York / Hatje Cantz, 2008) serves as the exhibition catalogue for the first major museum exhibition devoted exclusively to the jewelry created by the Vienna Workshops between 1903 and the early 1920s. The book explores how co-founders Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser, alongside prominent designers like Carl Otto Czeschka and Dagobert Peche, embraced the Arts and Crafts ideal, valuing wearable art for its hand-crafted artistic expression over the intrinsic monetary worth of precious gems. Featuring detailed photography, original design sketches, period documentation, and essays on prominent patrons—such as fashion designer Emilie Flöge—the volume provides a comprehensive study of these rare, often unique miniature sculptures that redefined early 20th-century decorative arts.