An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry
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Book Overview
From the 'AA Pendant' (a jewel in the Green Vault at Dresden) to 'Zuni jewelry' (from New Mexico), this popular reference work provides collectors, students and dealers in jewelry with an authoritative fully-illustrated guide to the subject.
Harold Newman, who was a famous collector and writer on the decorative arts, incorporates definitions of terms relating to the processes used in jewelry making, descriptions of the principal gemstones and their characteristics, brief histories of famous named jewels and gemstones, and biographical entries on designers and makers of jewelry from the Renaissance to modern times.
With its extensive cross-referencing and selected bibliographical references for further reading, this volume has no rival.
Harold Newman, who was a famous collector and writer on the decorative arts, incorporates definitions of terms relating to the processes used in jewelry making, descriptions of the principal gemstones and their characteristics, brief histories of famous named jewels and gemstones, and biographical entries on designers and makers of jewelry from the Renaissance to modern times.
With its extensive cross-referencing and selected bibliographical references for further reading, this volume has no rival.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0500274525
ISBN13:9780500274521
Release Date:August 1994
Publisher:Thames & Hudson
Length:352 Pages
Weight:2.42 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.8" x 9.9"
Customer Reviews
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GORGEOUS BOOK!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This book is wonderful! Visually stunning, some of the pictures are enough to make you drool! Filled with extremely well photographed color and B & W photos of museum quality pieces, used to illustrate the jewelry terms being defined. The definitions are well written, and reference related terms in a very smooth and easy to follow way. This book is a MUST if you are fond of jewelry! MORE than worth the money!
The BEST jewelry dictionary I've seen so far...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
From A to Z, the best jewelry dictionary I've seen. Aside from looking something up, it gives you the opportunity to learn terms you've never heard before. Even if you've been in the business a long time. Fantastic. Every antique lover should have this book!
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