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Author : Judith Price
Publisher : Running Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-03
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0762426721
Remarkable pieces of French jewelry that mirror America's transformation from frontier nation to industrial power
Author : Judith Price
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1635610362
From the president of the National Jewelry Institute comes the largest collection of ancient jeweled objects ever assembled. Worn for much more than just personal adornment, jewelry has played an important role in culture and civilization since the earliest times. Travel back through more than 6,000 years of history as you explore artifacts originating from Mesopotamia, Persia, Levant, the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic Middle East, from 4000 B.C.E. through 700 C.E. Culled from the Louvre, the Berlin Museum, the Islamic collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Princeton Museum, and the Israel Museum, these treasures include jeweled armor, weapons, jewelry, household objects and more.Complete with photographs on every page, Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry details the collection¿s rich history through informative captions and interviews with major scholars and curators from around the world.
Author : Judith Price
Publisher : Running Press Book Publishers
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-23
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015082710438
From the president of the National Jewelry Institute comes the largest collection of the oldest jeweled objects ever assembled. With sparkling photography and history throughout, the book will be supported by a major exhibit of the collection. These gorgeous artifacts—the oldest jeweled armor, weapons, jewelry, household objects, and more, with informative captions and stunning photography on every page—originated in Mesopotamia, Persia, Levant, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic world, from 4000 B.C.E. through 700 C.E. Artifacts appearing in the book are being lent to the exhibit by almost every major permanent collection of ancient objects in the world: jeweled treasures from the Louvre, the Berlin Museum, the Islamic collection at the Metropolitan, the Princeton Museum, and the Israeli Museum are shown together for the first time. Also included are interviews with major scholars and curators from around the world, speaking on ancient civilizations and the remaining artifacts that reveal their truly stunning cultures.
Author : F. Contet
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-06
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780486145983
This magnificent display of 166 plates from an extremely rare set of portfolios depicts scores of ironwork examples, among them beautiful gates, balustrades, balcony railings, window grilles, church screens, and lantern holders.
Author : Judith Price
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1635610338
Throughout history humans have decorated themselves with wearable art that speaks of their rich culture and history. In Masterpieces of American Jewelry, leading jewelry expert Judith Price showcases the finest wearable art that has adorned Americans for the past 150 years--treasures.by Charles Louis Tiffany, the Cartier brothers, and others--and relates the fascinating stories behind them. Price made her mark in the world of fine art through her involvement with the Museum of Modern Art in New York, on the boards of several art-related foundations, and as founder of the National Jewelry. Through these efforts and others, Price has established herself as the foremost authority on fine American jewelry. It is with this expertise that she has selected pieces that represent not only exquisite craftsmanship and artistic skill, but also encapsulate a moment in time in America. The unique collection brought together by Price, photographed here in detail exhibiting the intricacies and sophistication which only great craftsmen can create, captures in metal and stone the elegance and aspirations unique to America.
Author : Judith Price
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1635610354
In Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry, author Judith Price showcases the largest collection of ancient jeweled objects ever assembled. Stunning photography and captions on every page reveal the history behind jeweled armor, weapons, jewelry, household objects and more, and the ancient Near East civilizations where they originated.
Author : Louis Viardot
Publisher : Philadelphia : Gebbie
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Art
ISBN : PRNC:32101078172143
Author : Vivienne Becker
Publisher : Assouline Publishing
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781614280583
In this magnificent collection of the most spectacular jewels of the twentieth century, fine jewelry historian Vivienne Becker selects the quintessential bijoux that represent the milestones of jewelry design of the last one hundred years. From Art Nouveau to the brink of the new millennium, Becker’s selections range from the Wiener Werkstätte and Tiffany Studios, Egyptian-inspired Art Deco masterpieces by Cartier and midcentury designs by Verdura for Chanel, exquisite creations by DeBeers, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Graff, to modern designs from a new generation of innovative artists. A new addition to Assouline’s Ultimate Collection, this beautiful volume is a must-have for fine jewelry collectors and lovers of precious objects. Sparkling with stunning photography, this hand-bound luxury limited edition features hand-tipped images and is presented in a linen clamshell case.
Author : Marilyn S. Severson
Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : French fiction
ISBN : 9780313314841
Author : Walter Smith,Earl Shinn,Joseph Miller Wilson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385496194
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Author : Debra Schmidt Bach
Publisher : Giles
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1913875474
An introduction to sixty unknown treasures, wonderful objets d'art made by world-renowned jeweler André Chervin, founder of the premiere New York atelier, Carvin French. André Chervin (b. 1927) is a world-renowned jeweler and founder of the premiere New York atelier, Carvin French. Recognized today as masters of fine jewelry-making whose dazzling creations have been sold by top retail houses such as Tiffany, Van Cleef & Arpels, Verdura, Cartier, and Bulgari, Chervin and his firm enjoy a stellar reputation among the clients who wear their refined jewelry. Unbeknownst to his many fans, Chervin also created a collection of precious objets d'art, dating from 1957 through 2013. Expressive of his artistic imagination, passion for raw materials and bygone techniques, and inimitable sense of style, these captivating treasures have never been shown to the public. Until now. Enchanting Imagination: The Objets d'Art of André Chervin and Carvin French Jewelers introduces Chervin's miniature masterpieces--one-of-a-kind lamps, clocks, boxes, personal accessories, and table decorations fashioned from gold, silver, gems, and minerals, like rubies, diamonds, sapphires, jade, lapis lazuli, amethyst, and quartz. Conceived by Chervin and fabricated under his watchful eye, each object evolved over the course of many years, taking five, ten, even twenty-five years, to complete to perfection.
Author : François Farges
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 9782081512955
Enter into the fascinating world of precious gems through this unique volume that brings together the wonders of mineralogy and masterpieces of jewelry. Both a reference book and an exhibition catalog, Gems unveils the fascinating world of minerals and gems through a dialogue between the prestigious collections of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris and the great French jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels. The Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris welcomes the exhibition Gems from September 16, 2020‒May 4, 2021. This beautifully illustrated volume brings together an international team of mineralogists, scientists, and specialists in natural history and in the history of jewelry, under the editorial direction of François Farges, to explore the diversity of the mineral universe through an exceptional selection of geological specimens (some published here for the first time), legendary gems, and exceptional ornaments created throughout history. Raw crystals, cut stones, and jewelry are compared and contrasted, shedding light on both the natural wonders made by the Earth itself and the virtuoso creations of human hands that transform them into works of art.
Author : Florence Muller
Publisher : Vendome Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : PSU:000061080447
This sumptuously illustrated book surveys the exquisite range of costume jewelry produced by haute couture fashion houses, a subject until now overlooked by historians and fashion cognoscenti alike. The term “costume jewelry” was coined in the twentieth century for the use of non-precious metals and jewels for human adornment. This book showcases the extraordinary diversity and exceptional craftsmanship of this jewelry in hundreds of beautifully reproduced pieces from such fashion houses as Chanel, Balenciaga, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Lanvin, Schiaparelli, and Givenchy. “A time capsule of creativity.” ~ Dallas Morning News
Author : Cherie Burns
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781466859814
Both a history of fine jewelry coming out of Paris in the Golden Age and a tour through the secretive world of high-end, privately-sold jewelry, Diving for Starfish is a stylish detective story with a glittering piece of jewelry at its heart. In the mid 1930s, in the workroom of the famous Parisian jeweler Boivin, a young jewelry designer named Juliette Moutard created one of the most coveted pieces of jewelry in the world—the famous starfish pin—still sought after today by aficionados of fine jewelry. The starfish, created out of gold and encrusted with 71 cabochon rubies and 241 small amethysts, was distinctive because its five rays were articulated, meaning that they could curl and conform to the bustline or shoulder of the women who wore it. The House of Boivin made three of them. Two of the women who bought and wore the starfish were Claudette Colbert and Millicent Rogers. Obsessed with the pin after she saw it in the private showroom of a Manhattan jewelry merchant, Cherie Burns set off on a journey to find out all she could about the elusive pins and the women who owned them. Her search took her around the world to Paris, London, New York, and Hollywood. Diving for Starfish is the story of these marvelous pieces of jewelry and the equally dazzling women who loved them.
Author : Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide,Bertrand Rondot
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588396228
What was it like to visit one of the most magnificent courts of Europe? Based on a wealth of contemporary documents and surviving works of art, this lavish book explores the experiences of those who swarmed the palace and grounds of Versailles when it was the seat of the French monarchy. Engaging essays describe methods of transportation, the elaborate codes of dress and etiquette, precious diplomatic gifts, royal audiences, and tours of the palace and gardens. Also presented are the many types of visitors and guests who eagerly made their way to this center of power and culture, including day-trippers and Grand Tourists, European diplomats, overseas ambassadors, incognito travelers, and Americans. Through paintings and portraits, furniture, costumes and uniforms, arms and armor, guidebooks, and other works of art, Visitors to Versailles illuminates what travelers encountered at court and what impressions, gifts, and souvenirs they took home with them. In bringing to life their experiences, this sumptuously illustrated volume reminds us why Versailles has enchanted generations of visitors from the ancien régime to the present day.