Tudor and Jacobean Jewellery, 1508-1625 - Softcover

Scarisbrick, Diana

 
9781854371584: Tudor and Jacobean Jewellery, 1508-1625
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1854371584 ISBN 13: 9781854371584
Publisher: Tate Publishing, 1996

Synopsis

Only a fraction of the jewels made for the Tudor and Jacobean courts have survived, and it is through the evidence of portrait painting and artists' designs that their splendour and variety can be assessed. This was an exceptional period in the history of the jeweller's art, when the wealthy were gripped by a passion for display and recorded their favourite jewels in glittering portraits. This book surveys the making and wearing of jewellery from late medieval simplicity, through the full flowering of the art of the Renaissance goldsmith, to the emphasis on stones rather than settings in the reign of James I.

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A survey of the making and wearing of jewellery from late medieval simplicity through Renaissance gold and the King James 1 reign that emphasised precious stones. Illust. 104pp

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Publisher
Tate Publishing
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1854371584
ISBN 13 
9781854371584
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
96