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SOLD A Lea Stein Rare Vintage 1970s Brooch - Art Deco Revival Style

This unusual Art Deco Revival style layered brooch is the work of Parisian designer Lea Stein. The colours used to make this sculptural pin are the perfect combinations of coffee and cream or even caramel and chocolate - both make for perfect pairing! These colours are used to great effect on this brooch with smooth and craquelure and a realistic tortoiseshell as the laminate finishes.  The brooch is made of layered celluloid acetate or rhodoid.  The brooch has lots of layers making it 1 cm thick at its deepest part where the raised Ivory cream and faux tortoise like half ball sits in the centre. It is a large brooch, a little over 11cm in length and 2 cm wide. This is a super design like a flash with a central circle plus it has an Art Deco feel to it. This is a vintage brooch dating to around the 1970s period. The reverse is brown in colour with craquelure showing through.  It has the usual Lea Stein signature on a wishbone shaped white metal guarded pin. This piece is offered in excellent condition.  More usually Lea Stein is known for her animal designs which have featured cats, foxes, dogs, birds and many other things over her history.          Now for that history -  

LEA STEIN  was born in Paris in 1931 and worked as a dress designer. She began making her now famous Jewellery when her  husband, Fernand Steinberger, ( a Plastics Chemist ) discovered a process of laminating cellulose acetate to create a unique range of colours & patterns.
Buttons for her frocks were their first products; followed by brooches, bangles and earrings. The factory was forced to close in the 1980’s but has since re-opened much to the relief of costume jewellery collectors and Lea Stein fans. Lea Stein loves to produce designs based on animals and flowers. Now she is quite an elderly lady but still introduces a couple of new designs each year.
Each brooch has the trademark ‘V’ shaped pin on the back and is signed: ‘LEA STEIN PARIS’. The manufacturing process used means that no two pieces are exactly alike. The fabulous designs, the ease of wearing and their quirky appeal are just some of the reasons why they are so collected around the world today.

JEWELLERY DETAILS

Designer or Brand: Lea Stein, Paris

Condition: Excellent - As New

Decade: 1970s

Era: True vintage

Type: Brooch

Style: Art Deco

Material: Plastic Laminate Rhodoid

Colours: Brown, Cream, Caramel, Beige, Toffee

£79.00
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SOLD A Lea Stein  Rare Vintage 1970s Brooch - Art Deco Revival Style
SOLD A Lea Stein  Rare Vintage 1970s Brooch - Art Deco Revival Style SOLD A Lea Stein  Rare Vintage 1970s Brooch - Art Deco Revival Style SOLD A Lea Stein  Rare Vintage 1970s Brooch - Art Deco Revival Style SOLD A Lea Stein  Rare Vintage 1970s Brooch - Art Deco Revival Style

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