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Emerald: twenty-one centuries of jewelled opulence and power

Also Known As: Twenty-one centuries of Jewelled opulence and power

by  Joanna Hardy / Jonathan Self / Franca Sozzani / more

Description

Opens with a series of images of style icons historic and modern wearing their favoured emerald jewelry. This book showcases more than forty of the worlds most significant and famous pieces of emerald jewelry, including many previously unseen designs from private and royal collections

Table Of Contents

  • The jeweller's art / Joanna Hardy
  • Jonathan Self
  • Ancient Civilizations
  • The Cheapside Hoard
  • Queens Princesses & Tiaras
  • Crowns
  • The Maharajahs of India
  • Art Nouveau Takes Flight
  • The Arrival of Art Deco
  • Modern women
  • Holly wood
  • Power Houses
  • the new Artisans
  • the story of emerald / A World of Emeralds
  • The road to Skkait: A visit to Cleopatra's mines
  • Polycrates and the ring
  • With Winding paths of emerald fire
  • The thin Green line: a tale of three empires
  • colombian adventure
  • Zambian adventure
  • Encounters in the pink and green city
  • Healed by an emerals

Subject

History / Jewelry / Emeralds

Details

Published New York : Thames & Hudson, 2013
Language English
Material 317 p.
ISBN 0500517207 / 9780500517208
Location
TCDC Bangkok - Closed Stack2
TCDC Bangkok - Special Size Collection

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