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This important standard work of reference covers the general development of jewellery designs both in relation to Europe as well as in worldwide context. Shirley Bury deals with jewellery tanging from costly royal commissions to mass-produced wares for the popular market. The extensive illustrations are reinforced by original designs, pattern books, cartoons, portraits and photographs.
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Shirley Bury, FSA, a former Keeper of Metalwork at the Victoria and Albert Museum, was arguably Britain's leading jewellery historian of the 20th century.
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- PublisherACC Art Books
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 185149104X
- ISBN 13 9781851491049
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages650
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Jewellery 1789-1910: The International Era Volume I 1789-1861 & Volume II 1862-1910 [two-volumes, complete]
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Two-volume matching hardcover set, in dust jackets. Mild shelf and handling wear to edges. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome set. Illustrated throughout, in colour and in black & white. Book. Seller Inventory # 70023h
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Jewellery, 1789-1910: The International Era, 2 Volume Set
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Book Description hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Antiques Collectors Club; Woodbridge, 1991. Hardcover. Two Volume Set. A Very Good, grey cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine, binding sturdy and intact, bit of crimping to spine edges, small rub mark bottom text block corner, trace handling marks, mild waving to pages along fore-edge, small round and very faint soiled spot bottom text block edge Volume 2, in a Very Good, trace handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, small crease bottom and top front flap corner Volume 1, neatly clipped front flap Volume 2, Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked set. 4to[quarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches], 863pp., bibliography, indexed, color and b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book. Seller Inventory # SKU1040890
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Jewellery, 1789-1910 : the international era / Shirley Bury. Complete in 2 volumes
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Book Description 1st edition. Fine gilt-blocked cloth copies (2) in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 volumes (863 pages) : color illustrations ; 28 cm. Notes; A two-volume work concerning the production of jewellery which is divided into the periods 1789-1861 and 1862-1910, the second of which is relevant to the scope of ABM. In her essay entitled 'Circumstance, pomp and artistic renewal, 1881-1910', Bury discusses the design of jewellery for the British royal family and presents work by Carlo Joseph and Arthur Alphonse Giuliano, Phoebe Traquair, Edith Dawson, and Henry Wilson. In her essay `In and out of mourning' she describes the mourning jewellery of the Victorian era, and in `A typology of fashion, 1881-1910' she considers development in the fashions of the period and the influence of trends such as Art Nouveau and neo-classicism. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; v. 1. 1789-1861 -- v. 2. 1862-1910. Subjects; Antique Collectors' Club. 1800-1999. Jewelry History 19th century. Jewelry History 20th century. Jewelry. Jewelry History 18th century. Decorative arts History. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 395743
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Jewellery, 1789-1910 : the international era / Shirley Bury. Complete in 2 volumes
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Suffolk : Antique Collectors' Club
(1991)
ISBN 10: 185149104X
ISBN 13: 9781851491049
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Book Description 1st edition. Fine gilt-blocked cloth copies (2) in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 volumes (863 pages) : color illustrations ; 28 cm. Notes; A two-volume work concerning the production of jewellery which is divided into the periods 1789-1861 and 1862-1910, the second of which is relevant to the scope of ABM. In her essay entitled 'Circumstance, pomp and artistic renewal, 1881-1910', Bury discusses the design of jewellery for the British royal family and presents work by Carlo Joseph and Arthur Alphonse Giuliano, Phoebe Traquair, Edith Dawson, and Henry Wilson. In her essay `In and out of mourning' she describes the mourning jewellery of the Victorian era, and in `A typology of fashion, 1881-1910' she considers development in the fashions of the period and the influence of trends such as Art Nouveau and neo-classicism. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; v. 1. 1789-1861 -- v. 2. 1862-1910. Subjects; Antique Collectors' Club. 1800-1999. Jewelry History 19th century. Jewelry History 20th century. Jewelry. Jewelry History 18th century. Decorative arts History. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 395743
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