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Collections

Bakelite & Plastics
Bold colour and clever carving: Bakelite bangles and brooches, Lucite purses, celluloid...

Bakelite & Plastics
Belts
Belts and buckles have long been a place for decoration. Victorian and...

Belts
Books
Carole Tanenbaum has spent decades collecting vintage costume jewelry and has shared...

Books
Bracelets
Cuffs, bangles and line bracelets from the collection, with signature, era and...

Bracelets
Brooches
From Schreiner's layered brooches to Marcel Boucher's figural birds and flowers, brooches...

Brooches
Chanel
Costume jewelry from the Paris house of Chanel, from poured-glass Gripoix pieces...

Chanel
Christian Dior
Christian Dior founded his Paris couture house in the mid-1940s and changed...

Christian Dior
Ciner
Ciner was founded in New York in 1892 by Emanuel Ciner and...

Ciner
Cufflinks
Cufflinks became a standard men's accessory in the 19th century, when shirts...

Cufflinks
Earrings
Clip and pierced earrings by Chanel, Kenneth Jay Lane, Iradj Moini and...

Earrings
Enamel
Vivid enamel work: Whiting & Davis mesh purses, guilloché frames, Ciner and...

Enamel
Hair Accessories
Decorative hair combs were an essential accessory when long hair was worn...

Hair Accessories
Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld was a German-born designer who worked for Balmain, Patou, Chloé...

Karl Lagerfeld
Kenneth Jay Lane
Bold, glamorous costume jewelry from the American designer whose pieces were worn...

Kenneth Jay Lane
Marcel Boucher
Marcel Boucher was a French-born designer who trained in Paris and worked...

Marcel Boucher
Miriam Haskell
New York jewelry known for hand-wired seed pearls, glass beads and antiqued...

Miriam Haskell
Necklaces
Statement necklaces, collars and pearls from the great names in costume jewelry,...

Necklaces
New Additions
This page brings together the most recent pieces added to the Carole...

New Additions
Objects
Before handbags were filled with phones, they held small, beautifully made objects:...

Objects
Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta was a Dominican-born designer who trained in Spain...

Oscar de la Renta
Panetta
Panetta was a family jewelry business in New York founded by Benedetto...

Panetta
Pre-War
Pieces made before 1940: Victorian Scottish brooches, Edwardian combs, 1920s mesh purses...

Pre-War
Purses
Vintage handbags reflect the craftsmanship of their time. Early 20th-century beaded and...

Purses
Rings
Vintage rings range from delicate Victorian designs to the large cocktail rings...

Rings
Robert Sorrell
Robert Sorrell is an American costume jewelry designer who is known for...

Robert Sorrell
Schiaparelli
Jewelry in the surrealist spirit of Elsa Schiaparelli, often set with iridescent...

Schiaparelli
Schreiner
Schreiner of New York, 1939 into the 1970s: richly layered brooches and...

Schreiner
Sets
Matching parures and demi-parures, kept together as they were made. Looking for...

Sets
Sterling Silver
Real sterling only: signed and stamped vintage rings, brooches, cufflinks and keepsakes,...

Sterling Silver