| Description |
336 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Note |
Previously published as: The story of jewelry. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 323-324. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Prehistoric and primitive jewels -- Objects trouvés -- Craftsmen of the ancient world -- Metalwork techniques -- Soldering -- Repoussé -- Stamping -- Chasing and engraving -- Filigree and granulation -- Casting -- Inlay -- Enamelling -- Jewels of the ancient world -- Sumerian -- Egyptian -- The X-group -- The Aegean -- Minoan -- Mycenaean -- Etruscan archaic and classical Greece -- Hellenistic -- Roman -- Scythian and Sarmatian -- Phoenician -- Bronze age Ireland -- The dark ages -- The Celts -- The Vikings -- The barbarians -- The Byzantine empire and the Middle ages -- Byzantium -- Carolingian -- Ottonian -- The 13th century -- Gothic Vogue -- The 15th century -- The 16th century -- Obsession for pearls -- Pre-Columbian America -- The Andes -- The 17th century -- Age of Baroque -- Diamonds -- The Moguls -- The 18th century -- The necklace affair -- Orders and decorations -- The Chatelaine -- Buckles and finger-rings -- New patrons and new materials -- Cut steel jewellery -- After the French Revolution -- Berlin ironwork -- Fluctuating fashions Victorian -- England -- The French influence -- Fabergé -- Art nouveau -- The 20th century -- 1945 and after -- France -- Britain -- Italy -- Germany -- Switzerland -- Scandinavia -- In the USA -- The East -- Tomorrow. |
| Subject |
Jewelry -- History.
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| Added Title |
Story of jewelry
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| ISBN |
0517344378 |
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9780517344378 |
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