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Ethically sourced, sustainably mined gems and metals are increasingly sought after in today s luxury jewelry market. Buying and wearing ethical jewelry has become a priority for consumers in the wake of Charles Leavitt s insightful 2006 movie Blood Diamond, which told how conflict diamonds fund civil wars. Bejeweled is the first book to authoritatively cover this timely subject. Profiling leading international designers who are at the forefront of the ethical jewelry movement, this beautifully photographed book examines how the ancient art of jewelry making is powering a green revolution in chic jewelry for everyone. Included are the London-based Pippa Small, an early adopter of Fairtrade gold who works with local artisans in fabricating her one-of-a-kind pieces; Dewey Nelson, a Native American Hopi who works in reclaimed silver incorporating 1,000 year-old tribal motifs; and Loren Nicole whose jewelry features intricate hand-carved gemstones and pure gold alloyed in the same formula used by ancient Roman goldsmiths. Illustrated with exquisite photographs of individual pieces, featured both alone and on celebrities who are turning the Red Carpet green by wearing ethically sourced jewelry or on celebrities such as Cate Blanchett and Julianne Moore, this luxurious book is for jewelry lovers and design fans.
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In this book, Cristina Filipe offers a critical examination, from a social and art historical perspective, of some of the artists and contexts that contributed to the transformations in Portuguese jewellery from the vanguard of the 1960s to the early twenty-first century - a decisive period in which the term 'jewellery' itself was redefined. In addition, Contemporary Jewellery in Portugal contextualises the international scene, reflecting on how Portuguese artists responded to these external influences. What jewellery was made? Who made it? What were the underlying trends and creative references? These are some of the questions that this book seeks to answer through the analysis of artist interviews and exhaustive factual research, accompanied by a visual narrative mirroring the changes in contemporary jewellery in Portugal.
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A unique figure in the world of contemporary art, Daniel Brush is in equal measure artist and craftsman. Over the course of forty years, Brush has created an unparalleled body of work, whose scope ranges from large-scale abstract drawings to sculptures in steel, aluminum, and gold. Collected here are more than 150 objects that bring to the fore Brush s astonishing work with jewels. Far from the products of the world of commercial jewelry, these are jewel-encrusted objects of virtue and fantasy that reflect not just the artist s rigorous personal aesthetic and mastery of technique, but his lifelong fascinations with philosophy and Asian thought, and his exhaustive knowledge of the history of precious stones. With photography made of the objects in situ inside Brush s studio in New York City, this book presents not only a catalog of his jewel work to date, but also an ethereal portrait of the artist himself. Housed in a slipcase, with photographs by Takaaki Matsumoto and an illuminating text by Vivienne Becker, this is an intimate study of the work of a master artist and a beautiful object in itself.
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• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Wearing (and not wearing) jewellery in the 1920s
• Chapter 2: New Women: The jewellery of Charlotte Perriand and Nancy Cunard
• Chapter 3: Modernism and modernity
• Chapter 4: Representing jewellery: Film and photography
• Chapter 5: Displaying jewellery 1920-1939 Conclusion.
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Why has jewellery and body adornment often been marginalized in studies of modernist art and design? This study explores the relationship between jewellery, modernism and modernity from the `jazz age' to the second world war in order to challenge the view that these portable art forms have only a minor role to play in histories of modernism. From the masterworks of the Parisian jewellery houses to the film and photography of Man Ray, this study seeks to present jewellery in a new light, where issues of representation and display are considered to be as important in the creation of a modern `jewellery culture' as the objects themselves. Drawing on material from museums, archives, contemporary journals, memoirs, literary and theoretical texts, this study shows how the emergence of modern jewellery began to seriously question conventional notions of body adornment.
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• Serving in the Holy Land : the "pearl" of the Franciscan Order's mission / Fr̀ère Stéphane Milovitch, Sara Cibin
• Christian pieces
• Jewish amuletic jewelry from the Muslim world / William Gross
• Jewish pieces
• Jewelry in Islamic lands / Rachel Hasson
• Islamic pieces
• Ceremonial pieces in three religions
• Bedouin jewelry makers in the St. Catherine's monastary region, Sinai
• Ofra Haza's jewelry
• Jewelry in diaglogue / Iris Fishof

"A new exhibition which explores artistic and cultural dialogues between the three monotheistic religions prominent in Jerusalem - Islam, Judaism and Christianity. From the museum's permanent collection, the exhibition displays a rich view of Islamic Jewlery and Artefacts dating back from the 7th century as well as the contemporary interpretations by 45 Israeli artists and jewellers."--Exhibition website

• East meets West : the exchange between India and Europe for jewelry and precious objects / Martin Chapman
• A jeweled quest : the creation of the Al Thani Collection / Amin Jaffer
• Catalogue / Martin Chapman and Amin Jaffer.

From the dawn of the Mughal Empire through the end of the British Raj, exquisite pieces of jewelry from or inspired by India traveled between Europe and Asia. This book features more than 150 objects, including jewel-encrusted jades, famous gemstones, enameled gold, and other precious works of art that range in date from the 17th century to the 1930s, along with exquisite contemporary examples by JAR and Baghat that draw from earlier motifs. Between the 16th and 19th centuries, Indian jewelry and works of art developed Persian and Muslim influences brought over by the Mughal Empire while European styles and craftsmanship traveled to India via the British Raj. As illustrated in this elegant book, 20th-century influences flowed in the opposite direction when Indian jewelry inspired European designers to make pieces in the Indian style. East Meets West also showcases the significant role that gender played, as Indian men adorned themselves with treasures worn exclusively by women in Europe. With fascinating essays and beautiful photographs, this book illustrates the cultural and artistic conversations that resulted in some of the most gorgeous jewelry ever created.
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Did you know that jewellery predates clothes? The oldest known piece is a set of 100, 000-year-old beads, made from Nassarius shells. Liza Urla advises us not to look at the eyes when meeting a new person, but instead to look at their jewellery. She describes it as the ultimate means of self-expression, essential to our identification as humans. "Jewellery is our armour, " she says, "and precious stones our amulets". In this book, she journeys from continent to continent, chronicling the pieces that capture her imagination and her heart. Although many of the pictures are from the street, defining the wearer's style on the day they were taken, Urla has been lucky enough to access people's personal jewellery boxes. As she says, the best pieces are always in private collections. Urla's favourite finds are presented alongside her own jewellery styling, in collaboration with various designers from the jungles of Brazil, the beaches of Mexico, or the streets of London, NYC, Paris or Moscow.
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• An exceptional collection
• Jean Schlumberger
• Tiffany & Co. transformed
• Ready-to-wear
• Pearls
• The boldest brooches
• Boxes, woven & witty
• Underwater fantasies
• One-of-a-kind objects
• Precious stones
• Celestial radiance
• A passion for the garden.

A dazzling look at a superb collection of magnificent jewelry and objets d'art by one of the 20th century's most inventive and influential designers Famous for his inventive interpretations of animal and botanical subjects, artist-jeweler Jean Schlumberger (1907-1987) played a key role in 20th-century fashion with his vibrant sculptural designs for whimsical jewelry and accessories. After beginning his career crafting costume jewelry for designer Elsa Schiaparelli in 1930s Paris, Schlumberger opened his own private salon at Tiffany & Co. in the mid-1950s and began attracting celebrity clients, including Greta Garbo, Audrey Hepburn, and Jacqueline Kennedy. This stylish catalogue presents highlights from the unrivaled collection of Schlumberger's work given to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts by horticulturist, philanthropist, and longtime supporter of the museum Rachel Lambert Mellon. Both commissioned and collected by Mrs. Mellon, these magnificent cigarette cases, pill boxes, brooches, necklaces, bracelets, and objets d'art celebrate the shared passions that united artist and patron: love of nature, dedication to perfection and beauty, and clarity of vision.
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• PREFACE, p.7
• INTRODUCTION, p.11 --
• CHAPTER ONE SIGN, SYMBOL, IMAGINARY: THE QUESTION OF IDENTITY, p.13
• CHAPTER TWO THE TRADITIONAL MIDDLE EAST: ITS REGIONS AND CHANGES IN MEANING OVER TIME, p.31 -- CHAPTER THREE PRE-ISLAMIC BELIEFS AND CULTS ON THE TERRITORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST, p.35
• CHAPTER FOUR THE CONTACT: ISLAM-ART-JEWELLERY, p.63
• CHAPTER FIVE ISLAM AND JEWELLERY, p.87
• CHAPTER SIX ISLAMIC METALWORK, p.93
• CHAPTER SEVEN AMULETS AND TALlSMANS -- MIDDLE EAST, p.163 -- ILLUSTRATIONS, p.209 -- TIMELINE OF ISLAM, p.237 -- BIBLlOGRAPHY, p.243 -- INDEX, p.251

Enduring Splendor focuses on the rich and diverse silver jewelry traditions of India's Thar Desert region, stretching across the western states of Rajasthan and Gujarat. These traditions are considered against the background of the five-thousand-year history of jewelry making across the vast Indian Subcontinent. Drawing on recent field research carried out in the city of Jaisalmer, a thriving center of contemporary jewelry production, Enduring Splendor explores for the first time the life and work of four sonis (silversmiths or goldsmiths). To contextualize this recent production, numerous illustrations of very fine examples of ninteenth- and twentieth-century jewelry types that are still worn are included. These objects have been borrowed from the Ronald and Maxine Linde Collection of Jewelry and Ritual Arts of India, part of a promised gift to UCLA, where it will find its future home with the Fowler Museum. The Linde Collection is one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of Indian jewelry in the world. This volume highlights elaborate rural styles rendered in silver as well as selected ornate examples, largely associated with the elite, made with gold and gemstones.
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Flowers have long been a source of inspiration for jewelers, many of whom have sought to capture their transient beauty in glittering gemstones and precious metals. In the 17th and 18th centuries, flowers were imitated in enamel or used as motifs for elaborate gemstone bodice ornaments. Brooches, pendants and rings took the form of bouquets or flower baskets. The stylized blooms of the Empire style were followed by the highly naturalistic blossoms of the later 19th century. Flowers continued to flourish in the sinuous shapes of Art Nouveau, the geometric designs of Art Deco and the sculptural simplicity of modernism, with great artists including Rene Lalique and Georges Fouquet constantly reworking nature's forms for their style-conscious clientele. Now, contemporary designers such as Claude Lalanne, Lorenz Baumer and JAR continue to create floral jewelry for today's trendsetters. The floral pieces in this book have all been selected from the magnificent jewelry collection of the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, and range from the 17th century to the present day. Beautifully photographed by renowned photographer Jean-Marie del Moral, these intricate works of art will delight all lovers of jewelry and nature.
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An exhilarating look at Art Deco design in 1920s America, using jazz as its unifying metaphor Capturing the dynamic pulse of the era's jazz music, this lavishly illustrated publication explores American taste and style during the golden age of the 1920s. Following the destructive years of the First World War, this flourishing decade marked a rebirth of aesthetic innovation that was cultivated to a great extent by American talent and patronage. Due to an influx of European emigres to the United States, as well as American enthusiasm for traveling to Europe's cultural capitals, a reciprocal wave of experimental attitudes began traveling back and forth across the Atlantic, forming a creative vocabulary that mirrored the ecstatic spirit of the times. The Jazz Age showcases developments in design, art, architecture, and technology during the '20s and early '30s, and places new emphasis on the United States as a vital part of the emerging marketplace for Art Deco luxury goods. Featuring hundreds of full-color illustrations and essays by two leading historians of decorative arts, this comprehensive catalogue shows how America and the rest of the world worked to establish a new visual representation of modernity.
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• Catalogue
• Jewelers, designers & jewelry manufacturers in the Newark Museum collection.

This book catalogues the Newark Museum's collection of jewelry and explores the Newark jewelry business and its impact on the American jewelry industry.

• História : joalheiros, marcas e mercados / Claudia Dayé
• Pedras e metais : a matéria-prima joalheira / Carlos Cornejo
• Processos e técnicas : a criação do joia / Claudia Dayé
• A joia : arte, design e moda / Engracia Costa.

• Apresentação = Presentation
• Uma joalheira exuberante = A luxurious jewelry
• Joias de crioula = Crioulaœs jewelry
• Joias devocionais = Devotional jewelry
• Joias com crisoberilos, diamante e outras gemas = Jewelry with chrysoberyls, diamonds and other gems
• Outras joias = Other jewelry.

"The set of jewels presented in this book brings a comprehensive picture of the jewelry production that could be appreciated embellishing women from Bahia, in the halls, churches and streets of São Salvador da Baía de Todos os Santos, in the 18th and 19th centuries ... Belonging to private collections and gathered by the antiquarian Itamar Musse Júnior, they are now available for our appreciation"--Back cover.

• Vorwort
• Aufsätze
• Der Krimi : Personen : Daten : Fakten / Theo Jülich
• Ordnung der Werke des Mainzer Goldschmucks nach ihrer ersten Erwähnung in den Quellen und in der Literatur / Birgitta Falk
• Die Fundgeschichte / Antje Krug
• Erwerbung, Erhaltung und Erforschung : Anmerkungen zur Geschichte des Mainzer Goldschmucks im Berliner Kunstgewerbemuseum / Lothar Lambacher
• Maximilian und Doris (von) Heyl und der Mainzer Goldschmuck / Gerold Bönnen
• Zur Rezeptionsgeschichte des "Giselaschmucks" / Wolfgang Glüber
• Vom Schatz einer Kaiserin zur Bricolage der deutschen Kaiserzeit : eine Gruppe von Goldschmiedewerken aus neun Jahrhunderten / Birgitta Falk, Hiltrud Westermann-Angerhausen
• Katalog / Birgitta Falk, Birgit Heide, Hiltrud Westermann-Angerhausen
• Die antiken Gemmen / Antje Krug
• Anhang
• Abgekürzt zitierte Literatur
• Goldschmiedetechnische Beobachtungen am sogenannten "Schmuck der Kaiserin Gisela" / Jochem Wolters
• Glossar
• Bibliographie
• Bildnachweis.

This spectacular collection of nearly 200 jewelled weapons and priceless accoutrements from the Indian subcontinent was assembled over many decades by Sheikh Nasser and Sheikha Hussah al-Sabah for The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait. Produced for aristocratic patrons who valued the arts, these richly decorated edged weapons and other princely objects bear witness to the legendary opulence and refinement of the Indian courts during the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Many incorporate decorative features originating in Central Asia, the Iranian world, China, and even Renaissance Europe, testifying to centuries of trade, travel and warfare. At the same time, these ornate and uniquely Indian weapons are masterpieces of a long and unparalleled tradition of artistic craftsmanship on the subcontinent, displaying distinctive techniques of gemstone setting, hardstone carving, enamelling and blade damascening.
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"The Merriweather Post collection offers an enthralling glimpse into one of the most remarkable, and intact, collections of jewelry ever amassed. Spectacular immerses the reader in jewelry history and design, weaving in seminal moments in Post's life as one of the most passionate and confident collectors of jewelry of the twentieth century. There are exquisite pieces by Van Cleef and Arpels; numerous examples by Cartier; contemporary commissions from Harry Winston, George Headley, David Webb, and Fulco di Verdura, and historical pieces such as the Marie Louise Diadem, and the legendary earrings worn by Marie Antoinette on the eve of the French Revolution. Spectacular provides a critical perspective on developments in changing jewelry styles in America and Europe through one woman's unique collection. Fascinating essays highlight special details of the gems and jewels, as well as their sometimes scandalous history. Full of fabulous images and interesting facts this new volume will appeal to anybody who wants to know the story behind some of the most amazing jewels ever created. Liana Paredes is director of Collections & chief curator at Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens. Martin D. Fuller is the founder and president of Martin Fuller Appraisals, LLC. Michael Hall is the curator of ceramics of the Capelain Collection in Jersey, Channel Islands. Jennifer Levy is a curatorial assistant at Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens. Jeffrey Post is the curator of the U.S. National Gem and Mineral Collection, and chairman of the Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution"-- Provided by publisher.

As young art students Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy began selling resin jewellery with a stall at Sydney's Paddington markets. Today they have a business that employs 85 people and nine stores around the world including New York and London. Dinosaur Designs is the name of their jewellery and homewares company, admired around the world for its bold, colourful designs and unique fusion of art and design. Almost every Dinosaur Designs piece is still handmade by artisans in its Sydney studio, because creativity remains at the core of what they do. Over 30 years since founding the business, Olsen and Ormandy are still going strong and their passion and creative flow is more exhilarating than ever. With this book Olsen and Ormandy open their hearts, minds and studio doors, to share their inspirations, ideas and process.
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The catalogue presents for the first time the rich Tibetan artistic heritage through the collection of Michael and Justyna Buddeberg: carpet manufacture, craftwork in metal and the manufacture of furniture. Previously neglected aspects of everyday Tibetan culture are explored and make the catalogue an essential starting point for further research. The Buddeberg collection includes masterpieces of Tibetan art in textile and metal work and presents us with hitherto disregarded asp ects of the Tibetan approach to art. Carpets for sitting on or as a riding accessory played a central role in their traditional culture but have hitherto been neglected in research, as has metal craftwork, which focused on the ornamentation of end knobs on the poles supporting the cultic paintings. The lavishly illustrated catalogue closes this gap and presents together with contributions by acknowledged specialists an in-depth overview of the fields of carpet and textile art, metalwork and furniture production.
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• Introduction by Francois Curiel, Chairman of Christie's Asia-Pacific--
• 1. Guillotine Diamonds--
• 2. Murdered Queens--
• 3. Pomp and Circumstances--
• 4. Empresses in Exile--
• 5. The French Court--
• 6. From Christie's with Love--
• 7. Soft as a Pearl--
• 8. Bloody Revolutions--
• 9. Ladies of the Stage--
• 10. Gems from the East--
• 11. Diamonds are Christie's Best Friends--
• 12. Appendix: Prestigious Provenances.
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For centuries, the stories of the world's great jewellery collections have lain hidden within the archives of Christie's, the celebrated auctioneers. From the tragic European queens, Mary, Queen of Scots and Marie Antoinette - both beheaded - to Hollywood royalty such as Elizabeth Taylor, the vaults sparkle with the most celebrated (and occasionally notorious) names of the last 250 years. Following on from the success of his books on Boucheron: The Secret Archives, Van Cleef & Arpels: Treasures and Legends and Mellerio: Jewellers to the Queens of Europe, author Vincent Meylan explores these remarkable jewellery archives, revealing the mysteries within for the first time. Each sale had its intrigue, each its story to tell. The first auction of jewellery from the British royal family took place at Christie's in 1773, after the death of the Princess of Wales, mother of George III. As the archives reveal, in the subsequent centuries, Christie's has been party to the sale of jewellery by several further generations of British royals, from Lady Patricia Ramsay and the Countess of Southesk through to Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.And, in the wake of revolution and regicide further afield, the crown jewels of France, Russia, Bavaria, Serbia, Egypt, India and Spain were all sold at Christie's. Aside from Elizabeth Taylor, the legendary movie star collections of Merle Oberon and Gloria Swanson are also revealed here, as well as the most famous pearls and diamonds in the world; each explored within the context of their owners' remarkable lives. Expertly curating the extensive archives, Vincent Meylan has drawn out the key details of each momentous sale. Original documents from the vaults are reproduced in the book, alongside hundreds of colour illustrations of the jewels and their owners.
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This stunning, glamorously designed survey highlights the artistry, expertise, and inspiration behind the work of today's most fascinating and influential jewelry designers. Breaking out of the rarified world associated with fine jewelry is a set of contemporary designers who combine traditional skills with fresh vision, transforming artistic inspiration into wearable art. Boundless creativity and a sense of playfulness distinguish these jewelers from the pack, skills that result in pieces that are breathtakingly sophisticated and deeply rooted in each designer's singular aesthetic. Focusing on seventeen modern masters from around the world, Jeweler reveals the unique ideas, intricate processes, and inspiration that go into their work. Curated by Stellene Volandes, executive style director of Town and Country, Jeweler introduces readers to designers like the Hemmerles, a jewelry dynasty known for molding materials like copper and aluminum into one-of-a-kind collectibles; Wallace Chan, the Hong Kong wizard of stones whose patented techniques dazzle the mind as well as the wearer; Elena Votsi, an Athens jeweler who remade the Olympic medal, and whose bold metallic pieces are like wearable sculptures; and Lauren Adriana, a London wunderkind poised to become the master of her generation. Through Volandes's vivid profiles and breathtaking images of each jeweler's work, readers are immersed in the passion and craft that make each one a visionary. Jeweler is a stunning portrait of this fascinating niche of design, anointing the designers of today who are making the collectibles of the future.
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Every concept, every notion, every emotion that is evoked in the beholder's eye while looking at a piece of art is true, says Kadri Mälk (b. 1958) on her work, falling silent and letting this take effect. Her pieces are poetic and wild, dark, yet never melancholic. Black wood, black hair, black stones and black jet form the light-absorbing foundation of her jewellery objects, punctuated with accents of colour from gemstones and precious metals. The Estonian artist studied jewellery and geology; as professor at the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallin, she brought the Department of Jewellery into the international limelight. She now looks back on an artistic oeuvre that has matured over the years. In Testament Kadri Mälk shows more than just the results of her vast creative production from recent years. Alongside impressive new jewellery pieces and breathtaking detailed photographs, she shares her life story and her philosophy on the emotional relationship between jewellery and wearer

This book commemorates the remarkable gift of over 400 works from the collection of Barbara and David Kipper to the Art Institute of Chicago. These outstanding pieces of jewelry and ritual objects offer a material record of vanishing ways of life. Used as portable forms of wealth, as personal adornment, and in religious practice, they represent a broad spectrum of cultures. The majority comes from the Himalayan region, including Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and Mongolia, and other pieces hail from Afghanistan, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The catalogue showcases stunning works-including delicate amulet boxes, other Tibetan Buddhist artifacts, and ornate Turkmen jewelry-through dramatic photography undertaken specifically for this publication. With five essays placing the objects in the contexts of their native regions, Vanishing Beauty offers a beautiful presentation of creativity and craftsmanship from across Asia.
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Drawn from the extensive holdings of the Staatliche Museen in Berlin, this collection of jewellery through the ages links cultures and eras to show how the design, wearing, and collecting of personal adornment has evolved over the ages. They range from classic items such as necklaces, rings and earrings to less common items with origins in non-European cultures. The book features jewellery ranging from the splendid crowns of ancient Greece, gold earrings from Babylon and jewelled collars worn by 13th-century Islamic royalty to more modern pieces such as those contained in the imperial collection of Queen Louise of Prussia, Art Nouveau jewellery designed by Rene Lalique, and work by contemporary designers. This chronologically arranged survey includes numerous brief essays and nearly 400 illustrations with detailed captions, making it an ideal reference for anyone interested in cultural history, the history of jewellery, or the art and craft of jewellery making.
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For many women of Egypt, their jewelry is their bank-they wear their wealth in their gold. But jewelry in Egypt is also more than mere assets, and its design and manufacture reveal a great array of styles and a high degree of skill and artistry. In this lavishly illustrated book, Azza Fahmy, herself a world-renowned designer of jewelry based on traditional motifs, lays before us an Aladdin's cave of jewelry made in all corners of Egypt over the last one hundred years, collected through her extensive travels throughout the country. From the farms and villages of the Nile Valley and Delta, from the oases of the Western Desert and the mountains and wadis of Sinai and the Eastern Desert, from Nubia in the south, and from the crowded traditional neighborhoods of Cairo is displayed a cornucopia of gold and silver adornment-each area with its own distinctive favored style. Personal seals have been widely employed, and there is even jewelry for special occasions, such as the appeasement of malignant spirits, and for animals.In this completely redesigned edition of her bestselling book, in a new and elegant format, the author not only documents all these varieties and illustrates them with the finest examples, she also describes the techniques and skills involved in their production and the materials used, and recounts her own journey of learning as she apprenticed with the leading master jewelers to become the best known jeweler in Egypt, whose work is worn by world leaders, royalty, and connoisseurs of jewelry around the globe.
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India's rich tradition of jeweled arts has produced extravagant and opulent creations that range from ornaments for every part of the body to ceremonial court objects such as boxes, daggers, and thrones. Starting with the Mughal rulers of India (1526--1858) and continuing to the present day, this artistic practice is characterized by an abundance of costly materials such as gold, ivory, jade, and precious stones of astounding size and quality, which artists have used to create unique and valuable works. Treasures from India presents 60 iconic works from the world-renowned Al-Thani collection, accompanied by a text that introduces readers to their significance within the history of Indian jeweled arts. Included are some of the earliest pieces created for the imperial Mughals in the 16th century, others made for Maharajahs of the 18th through 20th centuries, and later Indian-inspired works created by Cartier in the 20th century. These examples represent the range and scope of the finest expression of the jeweled arts in India, and stand among the highest expressions of Indian culture and artistry.
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• Chapter I: The Goddess with a Passion for Diamonds-- Sita Devi, Maharani of Baroda-- Diamonds, Pearl Carpets, and Gladiators--
• Chapter II: Royal Favorites-- The Theft of the Duchess's Jewels: Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor-- For the Love of a King: Lilian, Princess of Rethy-- The Lost Emeralds of Queen Astrid--
• Chapter III: Prince Charming-- Diamonds on the Nile: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince and Future Shah of Iran-- Streets filled with Diamonds-- When Hollywood Met High Society: Prince Rainier of Monaco--
• Chapter IV: The Crown of the Thousand and One Nights-- Empress Farah-- The Diamond Flowers of Princess Soraya-- The Iranian Crown Jewels--
• Chapter V: A Girl's Best Friend-- The World's Sexiest Garter: Marlene Dietrich-- The Demure Jewels of a Star Who Was Anything But: Ava Gardner-- Christmas Stocking Filler: Elizabeth Taylor--
• Chapter VI: Queens of Style-- The Heartaches of Nina Dyer-- The Eugenie Blue Diamond-- The Gilded Legend of the Aga Khans-- "Poor Little Rich Girl": Barbara Hutton-- Cuba's Madame de Pompadour: Maria--
• Chapter VII: Dancing Jewels-- "Emeralds"-- The Legend of the Emerald Cross-- A Revolution and Two World Wars: The Saga of the Romanov Emeralds-- The Diadem of the Last Queen of the French-- From Napoleon to Stalin: The Trials and Tribulations of Empress Marie-Louise's Emeralds-- "Rubies"-- The Blood-Red "Thibaw" Ruby-- A Wedding Gift for the Queen of Spain-- "Diamonds"-- From the Empress Josephine to Princess Grace-- The Pink Diamond of the Prince of Baroda-- The Diamonds of the Queen of Thailand--
• Chapter VIII: Treasures and Legends-- Esther ("Estelle") Arpels, Mme. Alfred Van Cleef-- Renee Puissant, nee Van Cleef-- The Mystery of the Ruby Peonies-- Helene Ostrowska, Mme. Louis Arpels-- Fantomas at Van Cleef & Arpels-- Catalog of historic jewelry published in 1950 as publicity for Van Cleef & Arpels New York.
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From Empress Farah and the secrets of the treasure of Iran, to Queen Marie Amelie's missing emeralds, via Fantomas and the blood-red rubies of the kings of Burma, entering the world of Van Cleef & Arpels is like embarking upon a fascinating treasure hunt. In this book, Vincent Meylan explores a century in the history of one of the most prestigious Parisian jewellery dynasties. He opens doors and unlocks caskets to reveal the mysterious, and sometimes fantastic, stories of its clients and the fabulous and exceptional stones that they entrusted to the "golden hands" of Van Cleef & Arpels. The Maharani of Baroda, the Duchess of Windsor, Princess Lilian of Belgium, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich, Princess Grace of Monaco, Maria Callas, Barbara Hutton and the Countess of Camargo: they are all the heroines of this incredible epic full of rubies, diamonds, emeralds, and sapphires. Van Cleef & Arpels: Treasures and Legends is full of extravagant fairytales and fascinating behind-the-scenes revelations. It also tells the sometimes troubled story of a dynasty of jewellers, of gifted men and women who have, for over a century, helped to shape that inimitably Parisian art de vivre that is the envy of the world.
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• Bulgari for Americans
• 'When in Rome': The History of Bulgari
• The Art of Bulgari
• 1950s: From Diamonds to Color
• 1960s: The Bulgari Style Emerges
• 1970s: Modern Designs for Everyday
• The Elizabeth Taylor Collection
• 1980s: Unconventional Designs and Modular Lines
• Catalogue of the Exhibition.

"This catalogue accompanies the exhibition of the same name at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, September 21, 2013-February 17, 2014. It covers four decades of creativity and artistic production by the jeweler Bulgari, based in Rome, focusing particularly on the postwar climate in Italy in which an "Italian style" of jewelry emerged"-- Provided by publisher.

Called "the Faberge of our time" by Diane von Furstenberg, Joel A. Rosenthal, who works in Paris under the name JAR, is one of the most acclaimed jewelry designers of the past thirty years. JAR is known for his use of precious and semi-precious stones resplendent with myriad shades of vibrant color and set in organic shapes: one brooch, for instance, features lifelike petals in subtly differentiated hues, made from a thousand pave sapphires and amethysts. The New York Times has described his jewelry as "belligerent, stubborn, audacious, funny, contradictory, " while JAR himself has characterized his work as "somewhere between geometry and a bouquet of flowers." This book, featuring nearly 40 pieces from throughout JAR's career, provides a concise, accessible, elegantly designed retrospective of the best of his jewelry creations, and is the only book of its kind on his work available in English.
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• The Nordic region : from Iceland through Scotland and Scandinavia to Finland, the Baltic States and parts of northwest Russia
• The Netherlands
• Central Europe : including Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia
• France
• Italy
• Spain and Portugal
• The Eastern Frontier : from Russia to the Balkans and Greece.

Although less well-known today, European jewellery - jewellery worn with traditional or national costume - was highly fashionable in nineteenth-century Britain. This book draws together a wide selection of beautiful pieces, originating from across the continent - from Iceland in the north to Cyprus off the shores of Asia - to demonstrate the wonderful variety of this jewellery. Spectacular examples include gilded Norwegian wedding crowns and extravagant golden crosses of Normandy, ornate earrings of Spain and Italy, and imposing filigree clasps from the Balkans. The book illustrates how the jewellery was originally worn with traditional dress, and explores its popularity in the nineteenth century.
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• Cartier and the sources of style / Guillermo Solana
• Cartier, A world in the making / Pierre Rainero
• In search of a concept / Jorge Varela.

"The Art of Cartier is published to coincide with the exhibition of more than 400 pieces from the historic collection of the legendary French jeweler Cartier at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid. Cartier was founded in Paris in 1847 by Louis-François Cartier, although it was his three grandsons--Jacques, Louis and Pierre--who were responsible for launching the brand name worldwide. Indeed, so successful were they that we can read across from the story of Cartier to the wider history of the twentieth century: a Panther clip brooch bought by Wallis Simpson in 1949; the now-infamous Ruby Suite presented to Elizabeth Taylor by her third husband, Mike Todd, in 1957. The Art of Cartier offers a comprehensive selection of the finest jewels that Cartier has repurchased over the years, in an attempt to assemble a representative collection of the Maison's production and to show the evolution of its style during the first half of the twentieth century. The items on exhibit range from the great tiaras in the so-called "garland" style of the early twentieth century to Art Deco jewels and others inspired by exotic places (including the famous Tutti Frutti bracelet of diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires all nestled in a frieze of foliage), gold jewelry of the 1930s and 1940s and one-off commissions for leading personalities of the century such as Coco Chanel, María Félix and Grace Kelly. This sumptuous volume includes 950 color photographs and introduces us to one of the world's finest jewelry collections, allowing us to appreciate the creativity and mastery of Cartier's designers and artist-jewelers over the course of more than 100 years."--books.google.com

• Director's Foreword by Gail C. Andrews-- Acknowledgements by Graham C. Boettcher-- Collectors Preface by Nan and David Skier-- The Artist s Eye by Elle Shushan-- Symbol & Sentiment: Lover's Eyes and the Language of Gemstones by Graham C. Boettcher-- Five Vignettes by Jo Manning: Pippa & William, Ursula Engleheart prepares tea for her artist husband, George..., I Mourn Your Loss, My Beloved..., My Mother, Mariah Norcross, The Grey Eye in Great- Aunt Lavinia's Jewelry Box-- Catalogue of the Exhibition compiled by Graham C. Boettcher, Nan Skier, and Elle Shushan, with the assistance of Laura Wallace-- Index. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, February 7th to June 10th, 2012.
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This lavishly illustrated volume explores the fascinating and little-known subject of "lover's eyes, " hand-painted miniatures of single human eyes set in jewellery and given as tokens of affection, or created to memorialise a deceased loved one. According to popular lore, the phenomenon began in 1785, when the Prince of Wales secretly proposed to Mrs. Maria Fitzherbert with a miniature of his own eye. This romantic gesture inspired a fad among the aristocracy for exchanging eye portraits mounted in a wide variety of settings including brooches, rings, lockets and toothpick cases. This new book accompanies an exhibition by the same title organised by the Birmingham Museum of Art, the largest exhibition of its kind to date, with over 98 examples drawn from the private collection of Dr. and Mrs. David A. Skier of Birmingham, Alabama. Graham Boettcher discusses the history and function of lover's eyes, as well as the language and symbolism of their jewelled settings; Elle Shushan examines their role in the broader context of Georgian and early Victorian portrait miniatures; and Jo Manning offers five fictional vignettes imagining the circumstances surrounding the creation of a selection of these extraordinary objects.
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• The Qaraqalpaqs
• Weaving and textiles
• Costume and jewellery
• Dwellings and furnishings.

The Qaraqalpaqs are a Turkic minority inhabiting the huge southern delta of the former Aral Sea. In recent decades, however, their lands have been turned into desert as the sea itself became desiccated - one of the major environmental disasters of our generation. Despite their hardscrabble lives, the Qaraqalpaqs have a thriving artistic culture. This rigorously researched volume introduces western readers for the first time to the vibrant textiles, costumes, weavings, jewellery and furnishings of this formerly nomadic people. Filled with photographs taken on location in the yurts in which the Qaraqalpaqs live and from museum collections in Uzbekistan and Russia, many of which are previously unpublished, the book aims to sweep away the myths surrounding their history and culture. The dazzling objects reproduced in this book demonstrate that the Qaraqalpaqs' folk art is every bit as fascinating and worthy as that of their more visible neighbours the Kazaks, Uzbeks, and Turkmen. This deluxe book is certain to become the standard reference work on this fascinating people and their culture.
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本书分为头饰篇,耳饰篇,项饰篇,手饰篇及佩饰篇, 共297件套文物, 其中不乏深藏于皇宮,从未露面的珠宝首饰. 此书除展示珠宝华丽,材质完美及兼具欣赏性的特点外, 更注重展示清宮后妃首饰佩戴的完整性及学术性, 为《故宮经典》丛书又增添了一部可读性较强的专业图录.

• Contents: Foreword - Holly Hotchner Foreword - Lori Forgarty Acknowledgements Margaret De Patta: A Modernist's Vision - Ursula Ilse-Neuman Balancing Act: Margaret De Patta and Constructivism - Glenn Adamson Plates Jewelry for a Never-Increasing Minority: Margaret De Patta in the Marketplace - Julie M. Muniz Timeline and Selected Exhibition History Bibliograrphy Index.
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This publication is the catalogue of a retrospective exhibition on the work of pioneer jeweller Margaret De Patta. A seminal figure in the American Modernist Jewellery movement, De Patta trained as a painter in the Bay Area and at the Art Students League in ew York. She began studying jewellery design in San Francisco, but her major learning experience was at Lazlo Moholy- Nagy's School of Design in Chicago (1940-41). Distinguished as one of the few American jewellers whose work and ideas were allied to the evolving ideas presented in the modern art movement, De Patta's work was heavily influenced by the Constructivists and features architectural forms with simple lines, structure, and often movable parts. 'Space - Light - Structure: The Jewelry of Margaret De Patta' features more than sixty jewellery pieces as well as ceramics, flatware, photographs, pictograms, and newly released archival material.
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• Joyería y adorno en la colección Ruth D. Lechuga / Marta Turok
• Ataviado el cielo, engalanadas las aguas : los signos del adorno / Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera
• El mar
• El fuego
• La tierra
• La selva
• La industria
• El corral
• Vestimenta.

From the Renaisssance to the end of the Belle Epoque, cameo, intaglio and miniature portraits, prized as representations of eminent people or treasured as images of the beloved, have been enriched by jewelled frames in order to wear them or display them as precious objects. Yet while cameo and intaglio portraits have been extensively surveyed, their settings do not seem to have attracted the same attention until now. Here, Diana Scarisbrick draws upon her knowledge of jewelry, painting, history and literature to set the portrait jewels in the context of people's lives, bringing to life five centuries of extraordinary events and personalities, and at the same time illustrating an aspect of the history of jewelry never explored to this degree. "Portrait Jewels" spans over five centuries, beginning with the Medicia and ending just before the fall of the Romanovs in 1917, and features prominent characters from politics, religion, history, literature and the arts, such as Queen Elizabeth I, Popes Clement XII and Pius VII, Voltaire and Lord Byron.
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• Der Ring / Gabriele Holthuis
• Vorwort / Ursula Rohrs
• Bildtafeln
• Katalog
• Bäuerliche, land- und kleinbürgerliche Ringe
• Ringe als Schmuck
• Devotionairinge
• Amulett-, Liebes-, Verlobungs- und Hochzeitsringe
• Ringe als Zeichen der Bindung
• Städtisch-bürgerliche Ringe
• Musterringe aus Gmünder Werkstätten
• Ringe des 20. und des beginnenden 21. Jahrhunderts
• Anhang
• Übersicht der Bildtafeln mit Katalognummern
• Verzeichnis der abgekürzt zitierten Literatur
• Benutzte Archivalien
• Impressum.

The Turkmen people of Central Asia and Iran are revered for their carpets and textiles. Less well known, but equally stunning, is the extraordinary silver jewelry created by Turkmen tribal craftsmen and urban silversmiths throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. This catalogue presents nearly two hundred pieces in glorious detail, ranging from crowns and headdresses to armbands and rings, and featuring accents of carnelian, turquoise, and other stones. Characterized by elegant form, geometric shapes, and delicate openwork, Turkmen jewelry has typically been viewed through an ethnographic rather than an aesthetic lens. By highlighting these objects-which come from one of the most significant private collections of Turkmen ornaments in the world-and placing them in the larger context of Islamic art, this groundbreaking publication elevates the vibrant, monumental pieces from folk art to fine art.
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• Dawn of a dynasty
• The great Mughal patrons
• A dynasty in decline.

• Pt. 1. Napoléon : diplomatie et stratégie
• Qui est Napoléon Bonaparte ? / Jan Walgrave
• Napoléon, approche politique / Thierry Lentz
• Napoléon et les départements belges / Hassan Ben Toutouh
• Les grands ordres du premier empire / Ronald Pawly
• Pt. 2. Un empereur, un style
• Un nouveau style, une nouvelle symbolique / Jan Walgrave
• Entre mode et sentiments : les bijoux sous l'empire / Claudette Joannis
• Les bijoux de la période napoléonienne / Diana Scarisbrick
• Les diamants de l'empereur / Pierre Branda
• L'impact diplomatique des cadeaux de Napoléon / Karine Huguenaud

"Il y a 200 ans, l'Empereur et sa seconde épouse Marie-Louise débarquaient à Anvers. Une occasion rêvée pour le Musée du Diamant de la Province d'Anvers de présenter au public le personnage de Napoléon et sa passion pour les bijoux dans le cadre d'une somptueuse exposition. Après la proclamation du Premier Empire par Napoléon, la riche tradition joaillière d'avant la Révolution française connut un nouvel essor. Le Petit Caporal avait en effet un faible pour les bijoux et il en combla ses deux épouses successives et les femmes de sa famille. Il les utilisa aussi comme instruments destinés à attacher à l'Empire ses amis comme ses ennemis. Ainsi, les joyaux somptueux, les ordres et les décorations propagèrent et confirmèrent la grandeur de l'Empire et la puissance du souverain. Un style spécifique fit son apparition, qui alliait le néoclassicisme et une symbolique du pouvoir typiquement napoléonienne utilisant l'aigle, l'abeille, des portraits du souverain et des chiffres couronnés. Le résultat en fut le style " Empire ", un style en l'honneur et à la gloire de l'Empereur. Les bijoux de l'Empire propagèrent également des messages visibles et cachés et furent, pour ce qui est des matériaux utilisés, de la couleur et de la forme, sujets à une certaine mode. Ce livre richement illustré ne dévoile pas seulement la qualité exceptionnelle du style Empire, des spécialistes y replacent en effet les multiples bijoux et objets présentés dans le contexte plus large de la personne de Napoléon, de sa politique et de son entourage." P. [4] of cover.