Vintage Cat Brooch Lea Stein
Lea Stein
Vintage Cat Brooch Lea Stein
Description
Vintage Cat Brooch Lea Stein
A graceful Lea Stein cat brooch in layered brown cellulose acetate — playful feline charm.
- Designer: Lea Stein · signed “Lea Stein Paris”
- Material: cellulose acetate
- Dimensions: 10 cm length
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.