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mint and apple green
Making these unique plastic brooches was a time-consuming process – producing a single brooch took no less than six months
In the 1950s
richly detailed in gilt metal
Circa 2000s – Valentino Garavani
Brooch Windmill Lea Stein black mint and apple greenCollectors item Vintage Length 4. 5 cm Cellulose acetate Signed 'Lea Stein Paris' La Stein is a French artist known for her compressed plastic brooches and bracelets. Often hailed as the most remarkable and innovative plastic jewelry designer of the 20th century, Lea began making jewelry in 1969. In the mid 1960s she started making brooches in plastics. She and her husband created a method to create layers from very thin sheets of cellulose acetate.
