Vintage Lea Stein Owl Brooch in Rhodoid

Lea Stein Owl Brooch in Rhodoid

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Vintage Lea Stein Owl Brooch in Rhodoid

Lea Stein

Lea Stein Owl Brooch in Rhodoid

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Description

Lea Stein Owl Brooch in Rhodoid

A beautiful Lea Stein owl brooch in layered rhodoid, a documented model illustrated in the reference literature on Lea Stein — a sought-after collector’s piece.

  • Designer: Lea Stein · signed
  • Material: layered rhodoid (celluloid)
  • Dimensions: approx. 6 cm length
  • Fastening: brooch pin on the back, signed Lea Stein

About Lea Stein

Lea Stein is a Paris-based artist who began making jewellery in the late 1960s. Together with her husband she developed a unique technique of laminating very thin sheets of cellulose acetate (rhodoid), which were baked and then cut into shape — the secret behind her playful, figurative brooches of animals, characters and graphic forms, now prized by collectors worldwide.

Provenance & authenticity

Every piece is checked for maker’s marks, construction and materials before we list it. Anything we cannot attribute with certainty we sell as unsigned — never as designer.

Shipping & returns

Free worldwide shipping on orders over € 100. Shipped with PostNL, insured and with track & trace.

30 days to change your mind. If you send a piece back, please use the original packaging.

Caring for vintage jewelry

Vintage jewelry lasts longest when kept dry and stored separately. Put it on last and take it off first: perfume, hairspray and skin cream all attack the plating.

Polish only with a soft, dry cloth. No water, no soap and no silver polish — that strips the layer off.

Try it on in Amsterdam

You are very welcome. Find us at our store on Herenstraat 9, Thursday to Sunday from 1 to 6 pm, and at our pop-up on the fourth floor of De Bijenkorf. Send us a message to say where and when you are coming and we will set the piece aside — we have only one of everything.

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