Книги по ювелирному искусству

The catalogues of the Paris Salons from the turn of the century provide a unique archive of illustrations of the decorative arts at a pivotal time in their development. These volumes contain over 5,500 illustrations of items of jewellery by leading designers such as Boucheron, Chaumet and Lalique. The pictures have been sourced and re-photographed from the original and often rare catalogues. They have been rearranged alphabetically by artist-designer thus providing an indispensable and practical reference for this seminal twenty-year period. They are a unique source for identification and authentication and an invaluable key both to design ideas and the jewellery of the period.

An original story on a unique Pink Pearl, popular from the Victorian Age to the 1920s, which now lives a renaissance, thanks to new designs and a new fashion.
This beautifully illustrated book sets out to tell the story of a collection of about 30,000 pearls, with no rival anywhere in the world, and that of the rediscovery of these pearls.
The pink pearl of the Caribbean is produced by a very beautiful shellfish, the queen conch.
The collector is Sue Hendrickson, a professional diver and a sort of female Indiana Jones, who has spent much of her life collecting pearls found by the people who fish this conch, all over the Caribbean. They gather it for its flesh, which is very good to eat, and, on average, one in every 10,000 shells contains a pearl. This collection has been sold to a Swiss dealer in stones and gems, who has successfully begun to make contemporary jewelry incorporating the pink pearls. The book sets out to tell her story, and that of the rediscovery of these pearls, while giving a professional nudge in the right direction to this “new” gem. A book that gives a professional nudge in the right direction to this “new” gem. Professionals and fans of jewelry will find it an entertaining read and a valuable resource.

During the last two centuries BC, the Western Han dynasty of China forged the first stable empire covering all of China and presided over a golden age that shaped much of subsequent Chinese art and culture. From family values to the structure of the civil service, Han thinking and philosophy continue to pervade Chinese society up to the present day - indeed, the majority of Chinese people consider themselves 'Han Chinese'. In their search for immortality, the Han imperial family left an artistic legacy of spectacular beauty and power.

The finest of these treasures to have survived - including exquisite jades, silver and goldwork, bronzes and ceramics - have been found in the tombs of the Han imperial family and of a rival 'emperor' of Nanyue and are brought together for the first time in a landmark exhibition at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The accompanying catalogue, written by an international team of leading scholars in the field, presents a ground-breaking account and is sumptuously illustrated by nearly 500 striking photographs, many of them specially commissioned.

A comprehensive volume celebrating jewellery, featuring a broad range of artistic and intellectual perspectives.

This volume offers unique and previously unpub­lished insight on the world of jewellery. Calling upon specialists from every creative and intellectual discipline — artist or composer, botanist or perfumer, novelist or philosopher — this reference volume exam­ines jewellery in all of its different facets, from anthro­pology to philosophy to art. Alongside its sensitive and cultural insight into the art of jewellery making, this volume is richly illustrated with drawings and archives from Maison Chaumet and photographs by Simone Cavadini and Julia Hetta that offer new perspectives on the jewel.

This tome has been published in collaboration with Maison Chaumet.

About the Author:

Contributors include botanist Marc Jeanson, miner­alogist Erik Gonthier, artist Joana Vasconcelos, architects Jakob+MacFarlane, auctioneer Benoit Repellin, senior curator and specialist in Art Deco Evelyne Possémé, composer and pianist Karol Beffa, novelist Carole Martinez, perfumer Frédéric Malle, art historian Charline Coupeau, journalist Virginie Mouzat, French literature specialist Sophie Pelletier, senior curator and specialist in Asian art Amin Jaffer, philosopher Emanuele Coccia, and photographer Julia Hetta.

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Featuring the world's most notable, modern-day jewelry designers, The Sourcebook of Contemporary Jewelry Design is filled with more than 1300 photographs and illustrations that showcase each artist's unique and diverse style. This large-scale, beautifully designed anthology offers readers an in-depth look at established and emerging international designers, providing stunning visual examples of their jewelry, along with detailed explanations that reveal the inspiration behind their work. From architectural rings and paper-made bracelets, to smart necklaces and transformable earrings, this book is a must have for anyone interested in jewelry and design.

In den beiden großen Stilepochen Jugendstil und Art Déco war Theodor Fahrner in Pforzheim einer der innovativsten und interessantesten Schmuckhersteller in Europa. Als einer der ersten Fabrikanten Deutschlands schließt sich Theodor Fahrner Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts der Reformbewegung, dem Jugendstil, an und beauftragt Künstler mit modernen Schmuckentwürfen, so u.a. Franz Boeres, Rudolf Bossel, Max Gradl, Ludwig Habich, Patriz Huber, Georg Kleemann, Erich Kleinhempel, Joseph Maria Olbrich. Im ersten Jahrzehnt des 20. Jahrhunderts ist er führend mit seinem „Design-Schmuck“.

Nach dem Tode Fahrners, im Jahre 1919, übernimmt Gustav Braendle die Firma und führt sie unter dem eingeführten Markenzeichen „FAHRNER-SCHMUCK“ weiter. In den 1920er und 1930er Jahren entsteht extravaganter Schmuck im internationalen Stil des Art Déco. Entwerfer wie der aus Wien stammende Maler Anton Kling bestimmen mit ihren Kreationen nun den neuen geometrischen Stil des „Fahrner-Künstler-Schmucks“.

Das Standardwerk über den Pforzheimer Schmuckwaren-Fabrikant Theodor Fahrner ist wieder lieferbar! Über 600 Schmuckstücke von namhaften Entwerfern zeigen die schönsten Objekte aus Jugendstil und Art Déco. Als Sonderausgabe zum Sonderpreis.

Archive photographs from Boucheron and Cartier show jewels of great originality which have now been dismantled

Tiaras have always inspired a great fascination and the most beautiful and influential women have been painted, photographed and admired whilst wearing them. Even in the twenty-first century they are still worn and continue to inspire special poise and elegance.

This lavishly illustrated book includes new photographs of a variety of Royal tiaras together with those of French and Russian Imperial provenances. Geoffrey Munn has been granted special access to the photographic archives of many famous jewellers, including Cartier, Boucheron and Fabergé, for his research. Other makers include Castellani, Fouquet, Garrards, Giuliano, Lalique, and Tiffany.

Among the contemporary pieces illustrated are tiaras belonging to Jamie Lee Curtis, Vivienne Westwood, Elton John and Madonna, and designed by by Slim Barratt, Galliano and Versace.

A fascinating text and over 400 illustrations provide an exhaustive history of the tiara
The majority of photographs and related material are illustrated here for the first time and gathered from private collections over three decades. Included are photographs of tiaras from many Royal collections, including three designed by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria

Tiffany's magical lamps and stained glass

This lavish volume provides an overview of the fifty-year career and the highly innovative and creative work of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933). The inventor of Favril Glass, an opalescent glass with deep, glowing colour that far surpassed, in quality and beauty, all existing techniques, Tiffany was one of the most original and influential designers and America's leading exponent of Art Nouveau. Tiffany Studios, founded in 1889, were well known for their use of sensuous, organic, natural and floral forms. Tiffany's iridescent coloured vases and his lampshades with their haunting colours became extremely popular and sought after the world over. Although known primarily as a glass artist, Tiffany was also involved in interior design, furniture, rugs, ceramics, mosaics, jewellery, bronzes, desk sets, mirrors and more. He decorated the White House, as well as the homes of Mark Twain, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie and others.

With some 400 colour plates, text by Jacob Baal-Teshuva, a documentary index, and an illustrated biography/bibliography, Louis Comfort Tiffany pays homage to the brilliant life's work of the man who revolutionized both the art and technique of stained glass.

Tiffany Colored Gems, the latest in Abrams’ series with Tiffany & Co., traces the dazzling history of the company’s use of coloured stones in its jewellery design from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Organized by colour, stones of every brilliant shade, variety, and cut make an appearance, from emeralds, sapphires, rubies, and amethysts to tourmalines, opals, turquoise, and jade.

Lavishly illustrated with archival and contemporary photographs, Tiffany Colored Gems also includes paintings of famous stones and those who wore them in centuries past, as well as design sketches and drawings from Tiffany’s extensive archive. Prominently featuring the designs of Paloma Picasso and Jean Schlumberger, as well as many others, including Frank Gehry, Tiffany Colored Gems is sure to tantalize and captivate jewellery lovers around the world.

About the Author:

John Loring, design director of Tiffany & Co. since 1979, is the author of Abrams’ Tiffany Pearls, Tiffany Diamonds, Tiffany’s Palm Beach, Greetings from Andy: Christmas at Tiffany’s, Tiffany in Fashion, and Tiffany Flora & Fauna, among others. Prior to joining Tiffany, Loring served as the New York bureau chief of Architectural Digest. He lives in New York City.

This beautiful and comprehensive work illustrates a seemingly inexhaustible selection of the oil and electric light fixtures issued by the Tiffany studios: table and floor lamps, chandeliers and sconces. Also included are the other metalware items produced by the firm, including fancy goods, desk sets, miscellaneous household goods such as toiletry and smoking accessories, inkstands, candlesticks, photograph frames, book ends, tea screens, clocks, tobacco jars, humidors - the list is almost endless.

Tiffany Lamps and Metalware is the ultimate pictorial reference work for both enthusiasts and collectors of Tiffany. There is a comprehensive index that cross-references the firm's original model numbers to the illustrations.

This work explores the multifarious significance given in India to decorative jewellery formed of materials as diverse as horn and feathers as well as gold and diamonds. The jewellery presented here ranges from traditional animalistic and ritual pieces to contemporary design.

Twentieth-century Jewellery presents an extraordinary collection of jewels, jewellers and international maisons which, from the start of the twentieth century to the present day, have mirrored the changing taste of the twentieth century. It is a global journey which takes us from France to Russia, from the United States to Italy, from Britain to Germany and from the Netherlands to Scandinavia. From the Art Nouveau masterpieces of Lalique, Vever and Fouquet to Art Deco elegance and the wonders of Cartier, Boucheron, Tiffany, Mario Buccellati and Fabergé. From the inventions of Van Cleef & Arpels and Bulgari in the 1950s to the Dutch avant-garde and the artist’s jewel of the 1960s, ending with illustrations of up-to-date and contemporary jewellery design. A brilliant historical-critical essay introduces a magnificent selection of pictures, designed to be an ideal gallery of masterpieces of twentieth-century jewellery, accompanied by technical explanations and an exhaustive glossary.

A tribute to the sumptuous jewelry and the glamorous history of Van Cleef & Arpels

For more than a century, the designs of the French jewelry house Van Cleef & Arpels have represented the marriage of an unrivaled sense of elegance with an extraordinary level of technical expertise and prowess. The comprehensive monograph Van Cleef & Arpels: The Art & Science of Gems is a glittering, gorgeous tribute to a century of luxurious, glamorous jewelry design and incomparable mastery of materials. Lavishly illustrated with meticulous photographs by Patrick Gries, the book’s pages are filled with sparkling chalcedony, cornelian, rubies, emeralds and colored diamonds, beautifully set off and enhanced by the jeweler’s designs (at alternate moments whimsical or understated, as the materials demand).

Suggesting the complexity and richness of Van Cleef & Arpels’ output, the book is organized thematically around categories such as “Abstractions,” “Couture,” “Nature” and “Icons,” and additionally features some of the legendary stones from the annals of the house’s history, such as the “Blue Princess” sapphire and the “Walska Briolette Diamond” brooch. Texts by art historians, personalities from the fashion world and mineralogists offer context and highlight the full extent of the jeweler’s art. Essential for those who love and lust after jewelry design, this eminently covetable volume celebrates the Van Cleef & Arpels style.

The exquisite creations of Fulco di Verdura stand out from the designs of other 20th-century jewelers for their exuberance and refined glamour.

His devoted admirers included Cole Porter and his wife Linda, Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo, along with prominent society figures such as the Duchess of Windsor, Diana Vreeland and Mona Bismarck. They not only collected Verdura’s jewelry but his wit and erudition were in great demand at their dinner tables.

Patricia Corbett documents Verdura’s fascinating career.
Born into the Sicilian nobility in 1898, he left his ancestral home in the mid-1920s, moving to Paris where he hoped to be a painter, but his true vocation was revealed once he began designing jewelry for the discriminating customers of Chanel.

The author has been given access to all of Verdura’s archives and has interviewed many of his surviving patrons. Wonderful colour photography, as well as illustrations of the celebrities who wore his pieces, convey the irresistible genius of his designs.

Decade by decade, the lavishly illustrated "Vintage Jewellery" recounts over 100 years of history, from Lalique's Art Nouveau enamelling at the turn of the twentieth century to Cartier's gemstones and Christian Dior's mid-century costume pieces to Harry Winston's diamonds. Accompanied by archive images, fashion photography and specially commissioned photographs of period pieces, the most collectible and beautiful bracelets, necklaces, rings and brooches are showcased. An invaluable reference as well as a visual delight of times past, the book explores the key designers and jewellery houses that shaped jewellery design.

Contents:

Foreword TBC; Introduction; 1890-10: Art Nouveau; 1910s: The Edwardian Period; 1920s: Art Deco Designs; 1930s: The Age of Progress; 1940s: Faux Fashions; 1950s: Mid-Century Modern; 1960s: The Swinging Sixties; 1970s: Natural and Free; 1980s: The Power and the Glory; 1990s to Now: Future Collectibles; Vintage Shopping Guide; Sources & Sites; Glossary of Designers; Index.