20th Century Jewelry
The Complete Sourcebook
By John Peacock

Written by John Peacock, for many years a prominent BBC costume designer, 20th Century Jewelry The Complete Soucebook has more than 1500 colour drawings of jewellery.

The chapters are arranged so that they each cover twenty years of the century. Within the chapters, the subject is broken down further with a page devoted to each type of jewellery like brooches and pins, necklaces and pendants, bracelets and bangles, rings, earrings, hair ornaments, etc. The author then illustrates many different styles of each type of jewellery for that period of twenty years.

The books includes pieces by designers as diverse as Lalique, Cartier, Schlumberger and Georg Jensen. It features precious and costume jewellery as well as novelty pieces and covers all the major styles like Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Popart. At the back of the book there are potted histories of all the major designers and a timeline of the change of styles and design throughout the 20th century.

This book should become a vital reference work for collectors and dealers alike, allowing them easily to identify and date any piece of jewellery they find.

Quick Facts
Title: 20th Century Jewelry The Complete Sourcebook

ISBN: 0500510830

Authors: John Peacock

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Number of pages: 144

Price: UK £24.95, USA $34.95

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