“Women are tired of jewelry-looking jewelry,” celebrated American designer David Webb once noted. In response, he created a menagerie of whimsical animals rendered as rings, brooches, earrings and, especially, bangle bracelets. This playfulness permeates all Webb’s work, which is characterized by brightly hued enamel and color-saturated semiprecious stones like coral, azurmalachite and turquoise, the notable exception being the clear, elegant rock crystal for which he had an affinity.
The North Carolina native apprenticed with his uncle, a silversmith, before moving to New York, where he established David Webb Inc. in 1948. He had no formal training in jewelry design. Instead, he culled inspiration from the ornamental styles of ancient Greece, Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Americas, as well as the traditions of India and China — influences discernible in such pieces as his collar necklaces and talisman-like sautoirs.
Webb’s first animal bracelet was produced in 1957. His most famous, the zebra, took shape in 1963; its stripes now form the company’s logo. Although Webb died in 1975, his company continues to produce designs drawn from his extensive archives, and every piece is still made in the workshop above its Madison Avenue store.
Find an alluring collection of David Webb jewelry on 1stDibs, including earrings, brooches and other accessories.
$476Sale Price|20% Off
David Webb The Quintessential American Jeweler Hardcover Book by Ruth Peltason
By Assouline Publishing, David Webb
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
David Webb The Quintessential American Jeweler hardcover book by Ruth Peltrason c 2013. This large heavy hardcover luxury book is an amazing archive of Webb's extraordinary 20th cent...
$161Sale Price|20% Off
2010s Dior Accessories Insider Catalog Lookbook on Binder
By Christian Dior
Located in London, GB
2010s Dior Accessories Insider catalog lookbook on binder, 56 pages, English Language, UK edition on thick white paper full colour Measurements: 24x15x2.5cm Condition details: 20...
Ferrari 1980 Vintage Biography Book by Enzo Biagi, Rizzoli Edition
By Ferrari
Located in London, GB
A historic 1980 hardcover volume, first edition published by Rizzoli and written by the renowned Italian journalist Enzo Biagi. This book is one of the most intimate and significant ...
Vintage Vogue Magazine : August 1959, John Rawlings Cover
By Vogue
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vogue Magazine August 1st, 1959 A wonderful issue with lots of beautiful photos and interesting articles! Features include: • When to Wear White • Ten Pages of New Fashion Answe...
Vintage L'Officiel Magazine : Spring 1977
Located in Brooklyn, NY
L'Officiel Magazine Spring 1977 ____________________________________ Features include: • YSL's Romantics • Spring Couture • Perfume 160 pages of fashion, advertising and 70's li...
Vintage Vogue Magazine : July 1977
By Vogue
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vogue Magazine July 1977 __________________________ A packed issue with lots of beautiful photos and interesting articles! Features include: • Holiday Clothes in Greece • Two Da...
1994 Vogue Paris Special Edition The Legendary Cinema Magazine Issue
By Vogue
Located in London, GB
One of the most important and collectible French Vogue editions ever published. The Issue that Celebrated 100 Years of Cinema —and Defined an Era of Supermodel Glamour Published in ...
$575Sale Price|25% Off
Harper's Bazar Thanksgiving 1894 Original issue NY MET Museum Artefact 354990
Located in London, GB
An original copy of Harper's Bazar, Thanksgiving 1894, with a cover designed by Louis John Rhead (1857–1926) — one of the most prominent poster artists working in America during the Art Nouveau period. In the early 1890s, Rhead became a leading figure in the American poster craze, heavily influenced by the Swiss artist Eugène Grasset. His work appeared regularly across the Harper's publishing house titles, and an exhibition of his posters was organised by the Salon des Cent in Paris. Three of his designs were published in Les Maîtres de l'Affiche. In 1895 he won the Gold Medal for Best American Poster Design at the first International Poster Show in Boston. Artvee CURATOR'S NOTE: The cover is one of the most visually complete examples of American Art Nouveau magazine design from the period. A red-haired female figure in a patterned dark dress holds a bowl of fruit beneath an orange grove; the background combines sinuous Japanese-inflected water forms with stylised corn and foliage. The palette — deep green, terracotta orange, slate lavender, and cream — is printed in full colour lithography, unusual for a magazine cover of this date and a direct reflection of the period's enthusiasm for the poster as art object. The design in poster format is held in the Leonard A. Lauder Collection of American Posters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Object Number 1984.1202.149), executed in lithograph and relief, sheet measuring 40.8 × 28.6 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York Date: Thanksgiving 1894 Cover artist: Louis John Rhead (1857–1926) Format: Original magazine issue Title: Harper's Bazar, November, Thanksgiving Artist: Louis John Rhead (American (born England), Etruria 1857–1926 Amityville, New York) Publisher: Harper's Date: 1894 Medium: Lithograph and relief Dimensions: Mount: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm) Sheet: 16 1/16 × 11 1/4 in. (40.8 × 28.6 cm) Classification: Prints Credit Line: Leonard A. Lauder Collection of American Posters, Gift of Leonard A. Lauder, 1984 Condition: 1894, antique...
$295Sale Price|21% Off
H 13.25 in L 10.25 in
Christian Louboutin 1st Edition Hardcover Book for Rizzoli c 2011
By Rizzoli, Christian Louboutin
Located in University City, MO
Christian Louboutin 1st Edition hardcover Rizzoli book c 2011 The hardcover book is an archive of Louboutin's exquisite shoe designs There is a forward from actor John Malkovich...
$245
W 9.75 in D 1.5 in L 11.75 in
Couture The Great Designers Book by Caroline Rennolds Millbank c 1985
Located in University City, MO
Couture The great designers hardcover book by Caoline Rennolds Millbank c 1985 The 415 page hardcover begins in the 1840s with Charles Frederick Worth...
$172Sale Price|20% Off
1959 British Vogue Magazine Daimler Car Norman Parkinson
By Vogue
Located in London, GB
1959 British Vogue magazine featuring On cover: Suzanne Kinnear with a Daimler SP250, wearing a Kashmoor coat, Otto Lucas beret and Cartier jewels, November 1959. Photographer: Norm...
C.Z. Guest: American Style Icon, Rizzoli Coffee Table Book 2013
By Rizzoli
Located in Atlanta, GA
Oh what a charmed and fashionable life she led! C.Z. Guest still remains the epitome of American style ... fresh, sporty, simple and yet elegant. This beautiful 2013 coffee table b...
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver "United States" Book Mark
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Co. wonderfully detailed sterling silver Map of the "United States" book mark measures 3 inches in length and 2 inches in height. Made in Italy.