{"id":52464,"date":"2024-05-31T13:11:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T13:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/marcus-co\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T14:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T14:10:16","slug":"marcus-co","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/marcus-co\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus &#038; Co."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York jewellery firm of <strong><em>Marcus &amp; Co<\/em><\/strong>. (1892&ndash;1942) created exceptional examples of Art Nouveau and Art Deco jewellery for an art-loving, wealthy elite. Innovative in their collaboration with contemporary artists, and in their captivating window displays and advertisements, the firm captured the imagination of Gilded Age families such as the Rockefellers. This volume chronicles their story, from the founder&rsquo;s apprenticeship in Dresden to the firm&rsquo;s grand premises on Fifth Avenue neighbouring Tiffany and Cartier. 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This volume chronicles their story, from the founder&rsquo;s apprenticeship to the firm&rsquo;s premises on Fifth Avenue, neighbouring Tiffany and Cartier.<br \/>Foreword<br \/>\n7 Acknowledgments<br \/>\n9 Notes to the Reader<br \/>\n11 PART I:<br \/>\nBIRTH OF A FAMILY BUSINESS<br \/>\n13 Early Days in Germany, 1828&ndash;1850<br \/>\n16 Arrival in New York: Tiffany &amp; Co. and Ball,<br \/>\nBlack &amp; Co., 1850&ndash;1863<br \/>\n23 Foundation and Dissolution of Starr &amp; Marcus,<br \/>\n1864&ndash;1877<br \/>\n47 Return to Tiffany &amp; Co. and Establishing<br \/>\nJaques &amp; Marcus, 1878&ndash;1892<br \/>\n67 Transition to Marcus &amp; Co., 1892<br \/>\n75 PART II:<br \/>\nMARCUS &amp; CO., THE SECOND<br \/>\nGENERATION<br \/>\n77 Early Days of Marcus &amp; Co., and the Arts and<br \/>\nCrafts Exhibitions, 1892&ndash;1899<br \/>\n86 Design Drawings: The Emergence of Signature<br \/>\nStyles<br \/>\n112 Early Jewels in Their Signature Styles,<br \/>\n1899&ndash;1906<br \/>\n151 Success and Stability: The Third Generation<br \/>\nJoins the Firm, 1906&ndash;1917<br \/>\n159 The Evolution of Their Signature Styles,<br \/>\n1906&ndash;1917<br \/>\n197 Transition to Third Generation Leadership,<br \/>\n1917&ndash;1925<br \/>\n211 PART III:<br \/>\nBUILDING A MODERN BUSINESS<br \/>\n213 William E. Marcus Jr., New President and<br \/>\nInnovator, 1925&ndash;1929<br \/>\n240 Navigating the Great Depression, 1931&ndash;1935<br \/>\n254 The Final Flowering: The Jonker Diamond,<br \/>\nthe International Flower Style, and the<br \/>\nNew York World&rsquo;s Fair, 1937&ndash;1939<br \/>\n283 The End Game and Transition to Gimbels<br \/>\n285 Family Developments and William&rsquo;s Golden<br \/>\nYears, 1942&ndash;1970<br \/>\n295 APPENDICES<br \/>\n296 APPENDIX I<br \/>\nSelected Marks &amp; Signatures<br \/>\n298 APPENDIX II<br \/>\nThe Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston,<br \/>\nExhibitions 1897 and 1899<br \/>\n300 Selected Bibliography<br \/>\n303 Index<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":66073,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5565],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-52464","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-jewellery-watches","7":"author-by-author-beth-carver-wees","8":"author-by-author-sheila-barron-smithie","9":"publisher-arnoldsche-art-publishers","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Marcus &amp; Co. - ACC Art Books UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Title: Marcus &amp; Co., Pages: 320 Pages, Publish Date: 27th Aug 2025, Author: Beth Carver Wees, Sheila Barron Smithie, ISBN: 9783897907171. 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This volume chronicles their story, from the founder&rsquo;s apprenticeship to the firm&rsquo;s premises on Fifth Avenue, neighbouring Tiffany and Cartier.Foreword 7 Acknowledgments 9 Notes to the Reader 11 PART I: BIRTH OF A FAMILY BUSINESS 13 Early Days in Germany, 1828&ndash;1850 16 Arrival in New York: Tiffany &amp; Co. and Ball, Black &amp; Co., 1850&ndash;1863 23 Foundation and Dissolution of Starr &amp; Marcus, 1864&ndash;1877 47 Return to Tiffany &amp; Co. and Establishing Jaques &amp; Marcus, 1878&ndash;1892 67 Transition to Marcus &amp; Co., 1892 75 PART II: MARCUS &amp; CO., THE SECOND GENERATION 77 Early Days of Marcus &amp; Co., and the Arts and Crafts Exhibitions, 1892&ndash;1899 86 Design Drawings: The Emergence of Signature Styles 112 Early Jewels in Their Signature Styles, 1899&ndash;1906 151 Success and Stability: The Third Generation Joins the Firm, 1906&ndash;1917 159 The Evolution of Their Signature Styles, 1906&ndash;1917 197 Transition to Third Generation Leadership, 1917&ndash;1925 211 PART III: BUILDING A MODERN BUSINESS 213 William E. 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