This catalogue focuses on numismatic gold jewelry, from pendants set with coins and medallions to stamped pseudo-medallions, or a combination of both. Special attention is given to the technical issue
The Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum is an international project with the objective of publishing all known information about Etruscan mirrors. The Cambridge volume is the first British fascicle to appea
A companion piece to Shop Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware, and part of Handberg's homage to Shaker design, this work includes 70 measured working drawings of hardware, tools, household ute
Relates the history of jewelry making among the native American peoples of the Southwest, illustrates traditional and modern designs, and profiles contemporary artists
The history of Western decorative arts is filled with splendid examples of ornamental ironwork - elaborately wrought designs for gates and fences, finials and posts, banisters and window grilles, sign
A must for architectural historians, restoration specialists and vintage home enthusiasts: 1,095 late Victorian-era designs, superbly drawn or photographed, including egg and dart enrichments; bead, f
Superb sourcebook of extremely rare ornamentation provides fascinating history of jewelry styles over 700-year period. Detailed narrative enhances 400 photographs and illustrations of striking pieces:
In Practical Jewellery Repair, the author provides detailed information, based on his wide experience, about the methods and techniques of the professional repairer and restorer of jewellery. Starting
From the 'AA Pendant' (a jewel in the Green Vault at Dresden) to 'Zuni jewelry' (from New Mexico), this popular reference work provides collectors, students and dealers in jewelry with an authoritati