20th Century Jewelry and the Icons of Style

Name: 20th Century Jewelry and the Icons of Style
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ISBN: 9780500516874

ISBN-10: 0500516871

ISBN-13: 9780500516874

Edition: 2013

Authors: Stefano Papi, Alexandra Rhodes

List price: $65.00

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For centuries the collecting of precious gems and the jewelry fashioned from them was the exclusive prerogative of kings and queens, emperors, popes, and maharajahs. In the aftermath of World War I an extraordinary group of women emerged who had the means to deck themselves in glittering bracelets, rings, necklaces, earrings, tiaras, and brooches. This book presents eleven profiles of glamorous women who assembled these astonishing collections in the mid-twentieth century. The fall of European monarchies meant royal jewels passed into the hands of a new social elite that included figures from show business and the worlds of industry and commerce. The women of the era cut their hair, wore…

Book details

List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 10/22/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 9.80" wide x 12.90" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 4.686
Language: English