Cadoro

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Manhattan-based jewelry company

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Cadoro, or Cadoro Jewels Corporation, was a Manhattan-based jewelry company founded in 1954 by Steven Brody and Daniel Stoenescu (aka Staneskieu), specialising in fashionable costume jewelry sold via department stores such as Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. The company closed in 1987 following Brody's retirement as president.

Company history

Steven Stuart Brody (1919 Philadelphia – 23 December 1994) initially studied business administration at Wharton School, Pennsylvania, then attended the Curtis Institute of Music. After a stint as an actor in radio soap operas,

Cadoro, which was launched on Fifth Avenue, became known for inventive jewelry which used chenille and plastics alongside more traditional crystals, brushed gold, and enamel for designs which were bought by the likes of the Duchess of Windsor and Barbra Streisand. Cadoro's metal "breastplates" were inspired by a statue of Venus found at Pompeii. Cadoro designs for that year were Indian-themed, following on from an African and Pre-Columbian art-inspired collection in polished wood and carved gold and silver.

Examples of Cadoro jewelry are held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.

Brody became president of the company in 1960, and when he retired in 1987, the company also closed down. He died at the Beth Israel Medical Center on December 23, 1994, of pneumonia following a long illness.

References

References

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  2. (1 January 1995). "Obituary: S. Steven Brody, 75, Designer of Jewelry". The New York Times.
  3. "Ring Stephen (''sic'') Brody (American, born 1926) and Dan Stoenescu (American, born 1921)". MoMA.
  4. Lambert, Eleanor. (1976). "World of fashion : people, places, resources". R.R. Bowker Co..
  5. Hughes, Alice. (24 August 1966). "A Woman's New York". The Reading Eagle.
  6. Nemy, Enid. (17 February 1969). "No Matter What You Call It, Body Jewelry Is Made to Top Nudity". Utica Observer Dispatch.
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