Antique and Twentieth Century Jewellery
Author | : Vivienne Becker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 1982-01-01 |
Genre | : Jewelry |
ISBN | : 9780442214005 |
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Author | : Vivienne Becker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 1982-01-01 |
Genre | : Jewelry |
ISBN | : 9780442214005 |
Author | : Caroline Cox |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2015-10 |
Genre | : Jewelry |
ISBN | : 9781780977089 |
Decade by decade, the lavishly illustrated Vintage Jewellery recounts 120 years of history, from Lalique's Art Nouveau enamelling at the turn of the twentieth century to Cartier's gemstones and Christian Dior's mid-century costume pieces to Harry Winston's diamonds. Accompanied by archive images, fashion photography and specially commissioned photographs of period pieces, the most collectible and beautiful bracelets, necklaces, rings and brooches are showcased. An invaluable reference as well as a visual delight of times past, the book explores the key designers and jewellery houses, technical developments and cultural influences that shaped jewellery design. Each chapter begins with a historical introduction to the era. The chapter then develops along themes - such as materials, shapes, advances in technology and information about the gemstone industry. Each decade ends with a 'key looks' spread showing an at-a-glance view of the important designs that defined the era.
Author | : Vivienne Becker |
Publisher | : N. A. G. Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9780719801716 |
Aiming to spotlight areas of collectability—mainly from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries—which are available to enthusiasts today, this is an important study of both well-known and forgotten jewelry fashions and trends. Each chapter—there are 22 in this second edition—concentrates on a specific topic, but there is a comprehensive cross-referencing to other chapters. Almost every item shown has been on the market in recent years. No other jewelry book reflects the antique jewelry market or collectors’ enthusiasms in quite the same way. Among the types of jewelry covered are diamond brooches, coral 19th-century gold work, piqué, silver jewels, cameos and intaglios, mosaics, Edwardian pendants, and unusual materials. "Theme" jewelry is another area described with an amazing variety of representations of animals or flowers, as well as Victorian Scottish jewelry and 19th-century archaeological revival jewels inspired by the goldwork of the Greeks, Etruscans, or ancient Egyptians. The work of individual artist-jewelers, who played such an important part in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements, is documented, along with the glamorous, highly sought after jewels created by the great jewel houses like Cartier, Tiffany, Falize, and Van Cleef & Arpels. Finally the important "movements"—Arts and Crafts; Art Nouveau, including Liberty’s huge output; and Art Deco—are assessed. Newly added is a chapter on Retro Modern—the cocktail jewelry for the 1940s—the best of which has become eminently collectable.
Author | : Phillips Son & Neale (London, England) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1997 |
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Author | : David Bennett |
Publisher | : Antique Collectors Club Dist |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : |
Written in straightforward, non-technical English, and illustrated with hundreds of colour drawings, this book brings together in one volume identification, dating and valuation of jewellery.
Author | : Dale Reeves Nicholls |
Publisher | : Schiffer Book for Collectors |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9780764319914 |
Here is the first book to focus exclusively on enameled jewelry, an integral, important, and innovative part of world-wide jewelry design at the turn of the 20th century. Enameling techniques and the symbolism found in Victorian, Art Nouveau, and Arts and Crafts jewelry design during the nineteenth century and later are explained and illustrated. Edwardian and Art Deco styles, as well as important jewelry designers are included. Over 450 color photographs illustrate this important reference for jewelry designers, historians, and collectors.
Author | : C. Jeanenne Bell |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2008-12-09 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 1440219184 |
Make smart sense of today's dynamic world of collectible jewelry when you rely on the answers to key questions about vintage jewelry covered in this new full-color edition of the jewelry collector's classic must-have. Authoritative details, such as maker's marks, outlined in this guide help collectors and dealers identify, date and assess everything from brooches and pins and pendants, rings and lockets of the mid-1800s through the 1950s. This new color edition also includes coverage of Modernist jewelry; as well as an expanded section devoted to Mexican jewelry, a market where many pieces are selling for thousands of dollars each.
Author | : John Benjamin |
Publisher | : Antique Collectors Club Dist |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Jewelry |
ISBN | : 9781851494071 |
Why is Faberge unique? What is champleve enamel? Why should emeralds be regarded with suspicion? Which jewels contain miniature coffins? Starting to Collect Antique Jewellery tracks the progress of jewellery designs from early times to the twentieth-century, assisting the professional jeweller, the collector and the student in making informed and balanced judgments upon scores of crucial topics - from the setting of old gems, to fakes and forgeries. This book is superbly illustrated with hundreds of colour photographs provided by auction houses, dealers, leading shops and private collectors. From Castellani to Cartier, from hair combs to cameos, Starting to Collect Antique Jewellery represents a key companion which is relevant, readable and comprehensively informative.