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A Collector's Guide to Costume Jewelry: Key Styles and How to Recognize them (Paperback)

by Tracy Tolkien (Author), Henrietta Wilkinson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson (20 Oct 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0500280177
  • ISBN-13: 978-0500280171
  • Product Dimensions: 29.4 x 21.8 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 380,221 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This text explores the pleasures and the pitfalls of collecting costume jewellery, covering methods, materials and makers from 18th-century paste to the jewels of 20th-century style-setters Schiaparelli, Tiffany and Chanel. The book contains specially commissioned photographs of necklaces, rings, brooches and bracelets. Arranged chronologically, it reveals how leaders of fashion like Sarah Bernhardt, Josephine Baker and Jackie Onassis have dictated jewellery trends, whilst the influence of exotic countries and past centuries has inspired costume jewellers to make such diverse pieces as Egyptian scarab necklaces and African-style wood masks. Included from recent years are contemporary classics such as John Galliano's bone and skull necklace and Butler & Wilson's paste lizards and snakes. A glossary of terms is provided.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting, knowledgeable introduction., 12 Feb 2002
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This book is one I return to time and again, not only for the text but for the excellent photographs. The book is a good introduction, giving just enough information to set the jewelry into a time frame and tell you something about the designer. The illistrations are superb and really make you want to own a lot of the pieces. The authors obviously have a great deal of knowledge about the topic - but they also have a real feeling for the jewels also. I do hope they have another book in production, a much longer one!
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