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Chaumet. Photographers' gaze
Carol Woolton
Sylvie Lécallier Flora Triebel
ISBN Publisher
9782850889561
Citadelles & Mazenod Hardback
A visually innovative exploration of the links between Chaumet and photography, showing how the global Parisian jewellery brand has contributed to the history and art of photography since its origins
Highlights the historical and present connection between the Maison and photography
Showcases the commissions to great photographers and highlights the brand's boldness
Presents the richness of editorials on Chaumet by leading photographers and stylists in glossy print media
Emphasises the pioneering character of Joseph Chaumet, his early attention to photography
Visual object including sophisticated crafting (3 different papers)
Two covers for photography and Maison collectors
Introduction by Carol Woolton, author of bestsellerVogue the Jewelry
The very first retrospective book showcasing the renowned high jewellery Maison Chaumet features a collection of iconic editorials and campaigns captured by major photographers such as Guy Bourdin, Peter Lindberg, Mario Testino, Mario Sorrenti, Richard Burbridge, and Paolo Roversi. Additionally, it presents previously unreleased autochromes from the early 20th century, offering a captivating glimpse into the Maison s historical archives.
A photographic reference title authored by Carol Woolton, a leading authority on high jewellery atBritish Vogue, Sylvie Lécallier, director of the photographic collection at Palais Galliera Musée de la Mode in Paris, and Flora Triebel, a curator specialist in 19th-century photography at Bibliothèque Nationale de France, delves into the close ties Chaumet has woven with photography since its inception, revealing its innovative collaborations over the years. From the 1930s to the present day, the book offers a portrait of high jewellery and women, making it an essential read for photography and high jewellery enthusiasts worldwide.
Carol Woolton is a Jewelry Historian, Editor, Stylist, and Jewelry Editor atBritish Vogue for two decades, also serving as Contributing Jewelry Director. She was the pioneering jewellery editor at Tatler Magazine and has contributed extensively to various publications worldwide, includingThe Financial Times, Vanity Fair, Air Mail, American Vogue, and the Daily Telegraph. She curates jewellery exhibitions and has authored five books covering antique and historic jewels to contemporary styles. Recent works includeVogue: The Jewelry exploring a century of style and The New Stone Age offering ideas and inspiration for living with crystals. Sylvie Lécallier oversees the photography collection and publications at the Palais Galliera, Paris's Fashion Museum. With a wealth of experience curating exhibitions, including notable shows likeHenry Clarke, fashion photographer and Papier glacé, a century of fashion photography at Condé Nast, she has also co-curated exhibitions such as Madame Grès, couture at work. Notably, she organised the retrospective of Vogue Paris magazine's centennial celebration in 2021. Additionally, she has authored several photography books and is a regular contributor to the Fashion Eye collection by Louis Vuitton Editions. Flora Triebel is Curator in charge of the 19th-century photography collection at the Prints and Photography Department of the National Library of France. Her research focuses on the history of photography. Her text will emphasise the pioneering and innovative use of photography by Chaumet. A connection woven by Joseph Chaumet that continues to this day.
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Chaumet. Photographers' gaze
Carol Woolton Sylvie Lécallier Flora Triebel
ISBN
9782386110405
Citadelles & Mazenod Hardback
A visually innovative exploration of the links between Chaumet and photography, showing how the global Parisian jewellery brand has contributed to the history and art of photography since its origins
Highlights the historical and present connection between the Maison and photography
Showcases the commissions to great photographers and highlights the brand's boldness
Presents the richness of editorials on Chaumet by leading photographers and stylists in glossy print media
Emphasises the pioneering character of Joseph Chaumet, his early attention to photography
Visual object including sophisticated crafting (3 different papers)
Two covers for photography and Maison collectors
Introduction by Carol Woolton, author of bestsellerVogue the Jewelry
The very first retrospective book showcasing the renowned high jewellery Maison,Chaumet features a collection of iconic editorials and campaigns captured by major photographers such as Guy Bourdin, Peter Lindberg, Mario Testino, Mario Sorrenti, Richard Burbridge, and Paolo Roversi. Additionally, it presents previously unreleased autochromes from the early 20th century, offering a captivating glimpse into the Maison s historical archives.
A photographic reference title authored by Carol Woolton, a leading authority on high jewellery atBritish Vogue, Sylvie Lécallier, director of the photographic collection at Palais Galliera Musée de la Mode in Paris, and Flora Triebel, a curator specialist in 19th-century photography at Bibliothèque Nationale de France, delves into the close ties Chaumet has woven with photography since its inception, revealing its innovative collaborations over the years. From the 1930s to the present day, the book offers a portrait of high jewellery and women, making it an essential read for photography and high jewellery enthusiasts worldwide.
Carol Woolton is a Jewelry Historian, Editor, Stylist, and Jewelry Editor atBritish Vogue for two decades, also serving as Contributing Jewelry Director. She was the pioneering jewellery editor at Tatler Magazine and has contributed extensively to various publications worldwide, includingThe Financial Times, Vanity Fair, Air Mail, American Vogue, and the Daily Telegraph. She curates jewellery exhibitions and has authored five books covering antique and historic jewels to contemporary styles. Recent works includeVogue: The Jewelry exploring a century of style and The New Stone Age offering ideas and inspiration for living with crystals. Sylvie Lécallier oversees the photography collection and publications at the Palais Galliera, Paris's Fashion Museum. With a wealth of experience curating exhibitions, including notable shows likeHenry Clarke, fashion photographer and Papier glacé, a century of fashion photography at Condé Nast, she has also co-curated exhibitions such as Madame Grès, couture at work. Notably, she organised the retrospective of Vogue Paris magazine's centennial celebration in 2021. Additionally, she has authored several photography books and is a regular contributor to the Fashion Eye collection by Louis Vuitton Editions. Flora Triebel is Curator in charge of the 19th-century photography collection at the Prints and Photography Department of the National Library of France. Her research focuses on the history of photography. Her text will emphasise the pioneering and innovative use of photography by Chaumet. A connection woven by Joseph Chaumet that continues to this day.
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For the Love of Diamonds The
Fine Jewelry Book Rachael Taylor
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9783961716043
teNeues Books
Hardback
World excluding Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, USA & Canada
314 mm x 245 mm
224 Pages
150 color
For the Love of ...
£49.95
For the Love of Diamonds is a jewellery enthusiast s must-have book This opulent volume combines glittering images, entertaining stories and useful information
Marilyn Monroe was right: diamonds are a girl s best friend. In such fast-paced times jewellery appears timeless and long-lasting, and is often a smart investment. Being the perfect homage to the wonderful world of jewellery,For the Love of Diamonds focuses on these objects of desire. The book features the most famous jewellers, designers and iconic pieces of jewellery, it also offers insights on gemmology, manufacturing techniques and tips on different jewellery styles. Text in English and German.
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Schullin Tradition
Reinvented Vivienne Becker
ISBN
Publisher
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9783961715367
teNeues Books
Hardback
World excluding Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands
340 mm x 275 mm
224 Pages
Illustrations
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300 color, 27 b&w
£59.95
First book on Herbert Schullin's jewellery, influenced by the Wiener Werkstätte
Among Schullin's customers were and are celebrities like Christine Kaufmann, Elton John and Barbara Streisand Most beautiful Schullin pieces plus a detailed look behind the scenes of the creative process of designing and of producing fine-art jewellery by hand
The exquisite Nobel jeweller Schullin from Vienna is globally renowned for its unique fine art jewellery pieces crafted in-house. Among its clients and admirers are famous personalities such as Elton John, Christine Kaufmann, and Barbra Streisand.
Now, author Vivienne Becker has created the first comprehensive coffee table book on the outstanding work of Herbert Schullin, delivering a long-overdue homage to the astonishing work of the jewellery designer who has been at the avant-garde of his high-calibre craft for almost half a century. She not only showcases the most significant pieces of jewellery but also takes her readers behind the scenes, revealing the creative process of the Schullin jewellery workshop.
Schullin is one of the foremost jewellers in Europe, with his reputation preceding him. Daring geometric shapes define Schullin s style and regularly leave the international jewellery scene in awe. Schullin s works captivate with their clarity and brilliance in form, material, and colour. Often, a precious gemstone forms the basis of each piece, becoming the central element of the creation.
The carefully curated coffee table book Schullin Tradition Reinvented showcases the most beautiful, creative, and sought-after pieces from his always handcrafted collections, undoubtedly among the finest that goldsmithing has to offer. Jewellery enthusiasts and admirers of the Viennese traditional jeweller will be enchanted by this exquisite homage to the Austrian jewellery creator, Schullin.
Vivienne Becker is a jewellery historian, journalist and author of 28 books on the history of jewellery design and contemporary jewellery. As a journalist, she is a Contributing Editor to the Financial Times luxury magazine, HTSI, and she writes for newspapers and magazines, including Tatler UK and Bazaar Jewelry China Her books include Art Nouveau Jewelry, the standard work on the subject, Vivienne has curated major exhibitions and worked as a creative consultant within the jewellery world. She lectures widely on her subject, around the world. Her new venture, Vivarium, gives a platform to international individual designer-jewellers, combining curated exhibitions with education, talks and discussions.
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Jewelry's Shining Stars: The Next Generation 45 Visionary Women Designers
Beth Bernstein
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9781788842402
ACC Art Books
Hardback
World
300 mm x 230 mm
176 Pages
309 color
£50.00
Forty-Five new women jewellery designers showcasing today's collectibles that are shaping jewellery's future
Stunning photographs show a whole host of incredible new collections
Personal accounts from each designer on how they arrived in the world of jewellery, and the inspiration that produced their iconic pieces
Seven chapters showing seven different approaches, from reviving tradition to rebelling against it
Amusing and fascinating anecdotes from the world of a jeweller
Jewelry s Shining Stars: The Next Generation brings together 45 new women designers who have liberated the way we view and buy jewellery. This compilation of talented women, who hail from around the globe, use techniques such as enamelling, engraving, and creating nuanced textural details in wax models, to bend the rules and break with tradition. While some work with their own hands, whether schooled or self-taught, challenging themselves at the bench, others work alongside artisans to reinvigorate the old school into relevant yet enduring pieces.
The book s stunning photographs offer a glimpse into each designer s different aesthetic and are accompanied by the jeweller s own words, revealing what drives their approach and giving us an insight behind these innovators. With reverence for quality, style, and technique, these 45 talented jewellers are creating today s collectibles and shaping jewellery s future.
Beth Bernstein is a jewellery historian, author, journalist, and one-time jewellery designer. Her books includeThe Modern Guide to Antique Jewellery (ACC Art Books, 2022), If These Jewels Could Talk (ACC Art Books, 2015), Jewelry s Shining Stars (Fine Points Publishing, 2013) and a memoir, My Charmed Life (Penguin, 2012). Beth has contributed to many magazines, journals and publications includingForbes.com, Jewelry Connoisseur, Rapaport Magazine, The Jewellery Editor.com, Accent Magazine, Elite Traveler, Four Seasons Departures. She has worked as a senior editor for two leading national jewellery magazines, as well as launching her own online jewellery magazine, bejeweledmag.com, in 2017. She also lectures, runs and participates in seminars and educational events. Throughout the 1990s, Beth designed a jewellery collection under the brand name Bethany B, which sold to over 250 stores throughout the USA and abroad.
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The Modern Guide to Antique Jewellery
Beth Bernstein
9781788841580 ACC
225 mm x 165 mm
The ultimate tour guide to antique jewellery, from the 1700s to the early 20th century
A fun, lively and chic reference book, beautifully illustrated throughout Guidance on what to buy and how to value pieces from past eras
Insider knowledge and trade secrets from top dealers and shop owners
Features a where-to-shop directory of the best high-end shops, outdoor markets and trade fairs worldwide
It imparts the type of educational information that all stages of jewelry collectors, as well as jewelry enthusiasts from students to dealers, will go back to again and again. Beth Bernstein, Instore Mag
The Modern Guide to Antique Jewellery will make a collector of you yet Annie Davidson, JCK filled with fun factual titbits that are presented in a witty, conversational style, with lively narratives exploring each piece s history. Solitaire International The ultimate go-to guide. Retail Jeweller World
The ultimate go-to guide, The Modern Guide to Antique Jewellery takes the reader on a tour through time, venturing from the 1700s all the way through to the early 20th century. From how to look chic while wearing jewellery that outdates you by 100 years, to how to spot and score the best pieces, this book is a must-read for all enthusiasts and collectors who have an affinity for the jewels of the past.
Fun factual tidbits are presented in a witty, conversational style, and lively narratives explore each piece s history. Part travelogue, featuring the most influential shops in New York, LA, London, Paris and Amsterdam; part educational guide, with anecdotes from dealers and experts; and part celebration of historical jewellery, this book is an invaluable and accessible reference.
Topics covered include (but are not limited to): how to identify the most popular gemstones, materials, styles and collectible pieces in the market today, and how to select antique jewellery to complement your lifestyle. The Modern Guide to Antique Jewellery will reveal what to look for and where to locate rare finds, as well as how the experts score the pieces that decorate the fingers, ears, necks and wrists of the collector.
Beth Bernstein has over 20 years of experience in all facets of the jewellery industry. A jewelry historian, author and journalist, her books includeIf These Jewels Could Talk (ACC Artbooks, 2015), Jewelry's Shining Stars (Fine Points Publishing, 2013) andMy Charmed Life (Penguin, 2012). Bernstein has contributed to many magazines, journals and publications including Forbes online, The Plunge.com,Accent, Forum, Departures, Newsday andThe Huffington Post, and was Senior Editor for two national jewellery magazines. She launched her own online jewellery magazine in 2017, Bejeweledmag.com. Bernstein lectures at, runs and participates in seminars at various jewellery fairs and educational events.
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Lydia Courteille A Jeweller s Odyssey
Juliet Weir-de La Rochefoucauld
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9781788842006
ACC Art Books Hardback World
265 mm x 237 mm
224 Pages
388 color, 4 b&w
£45.00
The spectacular new biography of unique Parisian jeweller, Lydia Courteille Charts Courteille s voyages of creation and discovery
Includes the stories behind some of the most idiosyncratic jewels of the past 40 years
A celebration of the famous women who inspired Courteille s life and work
The Wonderful World of Lydia Courteille Explored in New Book. JCK Online
The colorful, eye-catching gemstones splashed across each page are a feast for the eyes, and in a poignant display, Courteille s playful pieces are depicted alongside illustrations of the women who inspired them. Only Natural Diamonds
Sometimes provocative, sometimes sensual and always full of passion, Courteille puts jewels in the spotlight that beguile, enchant, surprise and are definitely real eye-catchers. Lovely Books
For more than 40 years, Parisian jeweller Lydia Courteille has been confounding the Place Vendome jewellery houses with her bold and brazen designs. Her unique and avant-garde style is legendary. Her collections spark the senses. In this impassioned new biography, Juliet Weir-de la Rochefoucauld takes us on a voyage around the world, sharing the stunning locations and famous women from whom Courteille draws inspiration.
In the disposable world of 21st century consumerism, amidst the monotony of marketing algorithms and ceaseless production lines, Lydia Courteille has forged her own creative path, refusing to let the individuality of her work slip from her fingers. Her jewels crystalise memories, honour the dead, make powerful social statements, poke fun at modern absurdities, and transport us to the other side of the planet. Guided by an acclaimed author and jewellery expert, this colourful monograph renders her odysseys of creation and discovery in stunning visual detail.
A Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain (Gem A), Juliet Weir-de La Rochefoucauld began her career at Sotheby's & Co., London. Based in France, she is also the author of 21st-Century Jewellery Designers: An Inspired Style (Antique Collectors' Club, 2013), and Lydia Courteille, Extraordinary Jewellery of Imagination and Dreams (ACC Art Books, 2016). Juliet's great-grandfather, Thomas Weir, founded the jewellers Weir & Sons in Dublin in 1869, a company that is still run by members of the family.
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Yewn
Contemporary Art Jewels and the Silk Road Juliet Weir-de La Rochefoucauld
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9781788841092
ACC Art Books
Hardback World
285 mm x 285 mm
276 Pages
738 color, 56 b&w
£75.00
A detailed study of contemporary artist and jewellery creator, Dickson Yewn, renowned as the designer worn by the likes of Michelle Obama Focuses on Yewn's inspirations, influences and the integral place of Han Chinese culture in his work
One of the most important pioneers in bringing Han Chinese culture back into the modern and contemporary jewellery world of today
First-of-its-kind art book narrating worldly and philosophical Han Chinese culture in the language of jewellery art
Informative background research on Yewn's creative process, bolstered by stunning high-quality photography from museum archives
Text by Juliet Weir-de La Rochefoucauld, renowned jewellery historian, and layout by artistic and creative director Dickson Yewn
Within its 276 pages, you will discover how thousands of years of Chinese history and culture manifest in his designs. Noted author and jewelry specialist Juliet Weir-de La Rochefoucauld takes the reader on an intellectual, art historical, and sensual journey as she traces Yewn s early career and rise to acclaim IGI GemBlog
A first-of-its-kind art book narrating worldly and philosophical Han Chinese culture in the language of jewellery art. Arts & Collections
A preeminent and harmonious collaboration with text by renowned jewelry historian Juliet Weir-de La Rochefoucauld and artistic direction by trailblazing designer Dickson Yewn results in a one-of-a-kind book, Yewn: Contemporary Art Jewels and the Silk Road. Private Air Magazine
Dickson Yewn is the quintessential modern-day literatus. His contemporary jewellery is a crystallisation of thousands of years of Chinese material history. Square rings rub shoulders with antique porcelain forms, shapes taken from Ming furniture and the geometric latticework found in Chinese architecture. Yewn focuses on these traditional Chinese motifs, but also understands the significance of different materials. Wood, one of the five elements in Chinese philosophy, is present in most of his collections.
To wear a contemporary jewel by Dickson Yewn is to delve back into China s works of art and its history, blended with a contemporary twist. This new monograph of his work details the inspiration Yewn has drawn from the Imperial court, exploring its influence on the art of jewellery, from silks, embroidery, painting, architecture and cloisonné enamel to courtesan culture. Beautiful, detailed illustrations and photographs highlight Yewn s fealty to the artisanal techniques employed by the Imperial courts. Esteemed jewellery writer Juliet Weir-de La Rochefoucauld invites the reader to explore the deeper symbolism behind Yewn s jewels.
Juliet Weir-de La Rochefoucauld is an expert on jewellery both contemporary and classical. From family ties to the jewellers of old - her great grandfather, Thomas Weir, founded the Weir & Sons jewellers in Dublin, Ireland - to her career at Sotheby's, and at Drouot, Paris and as a member of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain (Gem A), Juliet has lived a platinum-plated life. Her previous books with ACC include Women Jewellery Designers, Lydia Courteille and 21st-Century Jewellery Designers
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Cora Sheibani Jewels
William Grant
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9781788842136
ACC Art Books Hardback World
265 mm x 240 mm
228 Pages
233 color, 3 b&w
£40.00
Cora Sheibani Jewels is published to mark the 20th anniversary of Cora Sheibani s eponymous brand The first book about this leading independent jeweller Foreword by Bob Colacello
To page through its contents is to tumble down a rabbit hole of carved gemstones, cloud shapes, and gleaming colored aluminum (with a gorgeous mad genius of flame-red hair as your guide). JCK Online
The Sheibani monograph deftly weaves together Sheibani s personal life and her jewelry, exploring ways in which one feeds the other. The Magazine Antiques
Cora Sheibani s jewels are the product of a highly active imagination. Her creations are designed to surprise and delight miniature cakes and jellies that look good enough to eat; rings and bracelets that glow in the dark; shimmering clouds with diamond raindrops; jewels that stare back at you, and plant pots billowing with vegetation.
Her design handwriting is predicated on a bold sense of form and colour, allied with a playful, contradictory mindset. Her design philosophy is to make jewellery she herself wants to wear and in doing so, she trusts that her customers in turn will appreciate and value her personal aesthetic.
Cora Sheibani Jewels is published to mark the 20th anniversary of Cora Sheibani s eponymous brand.
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Compiled with full access to Bulgari's archives
Bulgari Treasures
of Rome Vincent Meylan
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9781851498796
ACC Art Books Hardback
World
295 mm x 245 mm
296 Pages
177 color, 51 b&w
£55.00
Meylan guides us on an intimate journey through the lives of the clients, both famous and infamous, who have given this preeminent Mediterranean jeweller their patronage
A jewel is more than an arrangement of precious stones it is a story. This is the principle on which Vincent Meylan, author of Christie’s: The Jewellery Archives Revealed, Boucheron: The Secret Archives, Van Cleef & Arpels: Treasures and Legends,and Mellerio: Jewellers to the Queens of Europe, has written his latest book. Now, with unparalleled access to the Bulgari archives, Meylan guides us on an intimate journey through the lives of the clients, both famous and infamous, who have given this pre-eminent Mediterranean jeweller their patronage. Paris may be the traditional home of the jeweller elite, but Bulgari embraces its Roman origins. From their early creations, inspired by Byzantine and Islamic architecture, to designs like theTrombino ring and Serpenti bracelets, which are still relevant today, Bulgari gracefully navigates the line between contemporary and timeless. Their client roster reflects their prestige. Nobility and celebrity intermingle; the Countess di Frasso shopped at Bulgari with her Hollywood superstar-beau, Gary Cooper, as did the Infanta Beatriz of Spain and Princess Maria José of Belgium. Richard Burton wooed Elizabeth Taylor with glittering Bulgari jewels, while the decadent marriage of Tyrone Power and Linda Christian featured Bulgari wedding rings. But these jewels tell tales of many genres, not just romance: from exiled Iranian Shahs to Count Cini of Monselice, held for ransom by the SS and released in exchange for Bulgari jewels. Each story is retold with Vincent Meylan s characteristic verve, embellished with original pictures from the archives. Chapters are dedicated to wealthy customers, but also to the stones themselves, tracing the evolution of this iconic Roman company through history, and the development of their jewellery from mine, to workshop, to model.
Vincent Meylan writes the history and royalty pages for the French women's weekly Point de Vue. He is also a specialist in precious stones and in haute joaillerie, and the author of several biographies and works on the history of precious stones, includingQueens' Jewels (Assouline, 2005), Boucheron: The Secret Archives (ACC, 2011), Van Cleef & Arpels: Treasures and Legends (ACC, 2014) and Christie's: The Jewellery Archives Revealed (ACC 2016).
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Tiaras A History of Splendour
Geoffrey C. Munn
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9781788842129
ACC Art Books Hardback
World
279 mm x 234 mm
432 Pages
247 color, 173 b&w
£55.00
Photographs and related material are illustrated here for the first time
Includes tiaras from royal collections, including three designed by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria
The photos here are undeniably spectacular but the exploration of the costume ball s history is worth sticking around for, too. Natural Diamonds
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 21st century they are still worn and continue to inspire special poise, elegance and sophistication.
This lavishly illustrated book includes exclusive photographs, many reproduced for the first time, of a variety of Royal tiaras together with those of French and Russian Imperial provenance, including four stunning tiaras designed by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria. Geoffrey Munn has also been granted privileged access to the archives of many famous jewellers, including Boucheron, Cartier, Van Cleef and Arpels and Fabergé, for his research.
The regal images of some of the most prestigious jewels in the world will captivate the reader and ensure turning the page to the next enticing image becomes irresistible. Many of these mesmerising tiaras also have great historical significance and their provenance is fully explained here. Among the contemporary pieces referred to are tiaras belonging to Jamie Lee Curtis, Vivienne Westwood, Elton John and Madonna, that were made by Galliano, Slim Barratt and Versace.
The scholarly text, which incorporates more than 400 illustrations, includes chapters on tiaras as crown jewels, Russian style tiaras, tiaras as works of art and the relationship between the tiara and the costume ball. Tiaras A History of Splendour is a magnificent work that will enthral all those interested in fashion and style, jewellery, European history and Royalty. beautifully written and magnificently produced for anyone interested in social history, it s as good a read as you are likely to have this year. Daily Telegraph
A truly majestic book Antiques Info elegantly melds social history, fashion criticism and an appreciation of the jeweler s art. Town & Country
Geoffrey C. Munn curated prestigious exhibitions of tiaras at the Victoria and Albert Museum and in America. He is co-author of Pre-Raphaelite to Arts and Crafts Jewellery and author of both Castellani and Giuliano Revivalist Jewellers of the 19th Century and The Triumph of Love Jewellery 1530 1930. He is also the jewellery specialist on the BBC s Antiques Roadshow
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Eveli A Jeweler s Memoir Eveli Sabatie
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9781788841924
ACC Art Books Hardback World
300 mm x 237 mm
336 Pages
503 color, 9 b&w
£55.00
An intimate journey through the life, work and influences of jewellery artist Eveli, protégé of Hopi artist Charles Loloma Narrated by the artist, demonstrating her deep personal connection to nature
This highly artistic book gathers stories and poems as well as photographs of stunning Hopi and Moroccan-inspired mosaic jewellery Foreword from Cheri Falkenstein-Doyle and introduction from Mark Bahti
it s the colorful photographs (over 500!) of one-of-a-kind Hopi and Moroccan-inspired mosaic pieces featured in her memoir, out in October, that truly command attention, from ammonite fossils and ivory animal renderings to stunning lapis, coral, and turquoise designs. Natural Diamonds North African-born Eveli Sabatie had a long-time fascination with Native American culture and history. As a young woman, she left her home in Paris in 1968 to move to San Francisco, hoping to learn more. A chance encounter with a Hopi traditionalist led to an invitation to Arizona, where she apprenticed with a master Native American jewellerymaker. For her, this was the beginning of a new world.
Art can never be fully divided from the artist s voice, nor the natural world. When Eveli encountered red jasper while roaming the Arizona mountains, she knew she had to incorporate her local geology into her work. Yet raw materials are just one of many ways in which the world around Eveli shapes her art. This book is a direct and personal exploration of Eveli s work, following her arc of growth, challenges and internal workings.
Eveli s jewellery is entirely created by her, from gathering material to fabricating the body of the piece, doing the lapidary work and finally adding stone settings and finishings. She works in a rustic, ancient environment, often choosing to use rudimentary and home-made tools over commercial techniques. This book explores her creative process through five sections: THE JOURNEY, a biographical overview of her time at the Hopi reservation in Northern Arizona, where she apprenticed under Charles Loloma; CLOUDS AND RAIN, exploring the influence of the Hopi and the desert on her work; BEING HOME, which talks in greater detail about Eveli s relationship with the environment; BEING HUMAN, a philosophical study of humanity through jewellery; and BRANCHING OUT, which features Eveli s other artworks, which are sought after by collectors from around the world.
This is a profound reflection on the earth, through the medium of jewellery.
Eveli Sabatie was born in Algeria in 1940, and raised between Morocco and Paris. In 1968, she moved to San Francisco, where she would meet both the Hopi Nation and the legendary Native American jeweller Charles Loloma. Their four-year collaboration resulted in some of the most innovative works of Loloma s career, and Loloma named Eveli of one of only two protégés. Eveli continued to produce exceptional and imaginative jewellery and art for a further 24 years. She is the recipient of the Silver at the New Mexico Crafts Biennial, 1974, and has had several solo exhibitions, at the Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico (2016-2017); Fenn Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1970s- 1990s); Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona (1982); The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, Arizona (1980s); The Elements, New York, NY (1980s); Gallery 3, Phoenix, Arizona (1971). She has had her writing published in Loloma, Beauty is his Name by Martha Hopkins Struever (2005), The Creative Lapidary by Frank W. Long (1976), Turquoise, The Gem of the Century by Oscar Branson (1975), and many other articles and newspaper articles. Her masterpieces are sought after by collectors from around the world. Cheri Falkenstein Doyle is a curator, author, and the lead researcher on the Acequia Madre House legacy project, as part of the International Women s Study Center. She co-authored Nature Nurtures (The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 2011) and contributed to Clay People: Pueblo Indian Figurative Traditions, among many others. Mark Bahti is a researcher and author who collects and writes about Native American art. His books include A Consumer s Guide to Southwest Indian Art, Pueblo Stories and Storytellers, Navajo Sandpainting Art (co-authored with Eugene Baatsoslanii Joe), Collecting Southwest Native American Jewelry, and many more. He is currently working on a book about the history of Southwest Native American jewellery. He is involved in many Native-run organisations that address education, health and employment issues.
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Bizarre Beauty
The Art of William Harper
Edited by Glenn Adamson
Edited by Martha J. Fleischman
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9783897907164
Arnoldsche Art Publishers
Hardback
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320 mm x 245 mm
248 Pages
223 color
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£54.00
The first comprehensive monograph on American jewellery artist William Harper
Uncover the artist s various sources of inspiration from medieval art to African sculptures and modernist dance
Includes a full biography and various essays that provide an intimate look into Harper s life and work
Over the course of six decades, the American artist William Harper (b. 1944) has conjured a body of work unique in the realm of jewellery. Masterfully crafted in enamel and gold, his pieces explore multiple realms from ancient mythology to personal iconography and draw on influences such as African sculpture, medieval art, and modernist dance. Harper has nonetheless created an oeuvre that is instantly recognisable, branching into formats including paintings, ornamented casks, artist s books, and more. Bizarre Beauty, the definitive study of Harper and his work, includes a full biography by co-editor Glenn Adamson, as well as thematic essays and primary texts. A visual feast, the book provides an intimate look at this brilliantly imaginative artist.
Glenn Adamson is a curator and writer who works at the intersection of craft, design history, and contemporary art. He has previously been director of the Museum of Arts and Design, New York; head of research at the V&A, London; and curator at the Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee. Adamson s publications include Thinking through Craft; The Craft Reader; Postmodernism: Style and Subversion (co-edited with Jane Pavitt); The Invention of Craft; Art in the Making (co-authored with Julia Bryan-Wilson); Fewer Better Things: The Hidden Wisdom of Objects; and Craft: An American History. He earned his BA in History of Art at Cornell University in 1994 and his PhD in Art History at Yale University in 2001. Martha J. Fleischman is a specialist in American art and a collector. She has been the owner of Kennedy Galleries and publisher of The American Art Journal
With texts by Glenn Adamson, Arthur C. Danto, Mary E. Davis, Toni Greenbaum, Cynthia Hahn, John Perreault, and William Harper, a conversation with Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi, and forewords by Martha J. Fleischman and Abraham Thomas.
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Attai Chen
All the World s a Stage
Edited by Carina Shoshtary Contributions by Glenn Adamson Contributions by Sool Park
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9783897907201
Arnoldsche Art Publishers
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242 mm x 170 mm
104 Pages
81 color
£32.00
The first monograph on Israeli jewellery artist Attai Chen Philosophical jewellery that reflects life and death, becoming and going Art historian Glenn Adamson and philosopher Sool Park introduce this extraordinary body of works
All the World s a Stage grants an in-depth insight into the fascinating oeuvre of the Israeli artist Attai Chen (1979 2023). The series of jewellery presented in the book take a poetical look at the perpetual becoming and passing of life and of things, reflecting the complexity of these existential themes, at times with humour, other times with foreboding. In 2022 the artist himself described it thus: I was always fascinated by the endless cyclical flow of things, be they in nature or in the man-made world; the movement of growth aimed at the fleeting moment of its realisation, the consummation of this moment, followed by decay and finally a new beginning.
Text in English and German.
Sool Park is a junior professor for intercultural philosophy at the University of Hildesheim. Recent academic works include Paradoxien der Grenzsprache und das Problem der Übersetzung (2022, dissertation) and Histories of Philosophy and Thought in Korean Language (2023). He has translated works by Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Trakl, and Hölderlin into Korean. Glenn Adamson is a curator and writer who works at the intersection of craft, design history, and contemporary art. He has previously been director of the Museum of Arts and Design, New York; head of research at the V&A, London; and curator at the Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee. Adamson s publications include Thinking through Craft; The Craft Reader; Postmodernism: Style and Subversion (co-edited with Jane Pavitt); The Invention of Craft; Art in the Making (co-authored with Julia BryanWilson); Fewer Better Things: The Hidden Wisdom of Objects; and Craft: An American History. He earned his BA in History of Art at Cornell University in 1994 and his PhD in Art History at Yale University in 2001.
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Elisabeth Holder
From Jewellery to Contextual Art / Vom Schmuck zur Kontextuellen Kunst
Ellen Maurer Zilioli
Elisabeth Holder
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9783897907096
Arnoldsche Art Publishers
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240 mm x 154 mm
128 Pages
69 color
£32.00
First comprehensive monograph on Elisabeth Holder s work
Discusses jewellery and adornment beyond the human body
Jewellery in connection with architecture and nature
From Jewellery to Contextual Art presents the work of the artist and professor Elisabeth Holder and showcases her unique evolution. Coming from a classical goldsmithing background, she placed jewellery in relation to ancient signs and the ornamentation that emerged from them, pursuing the examination of materials in the charged arena between mastery and dialogue, and posing the fundamental question of what jewellery is and can be. This led to a paradigm shift. Jewellery was recontextualised. Illustrated with examples from fields such as architecture and nature, it becomes clear that such jewellery forms are never excessive and are at once Contextual art.
Text in English and German.
Classical goldsmith s training, including a master craftsperson s diploma, was not enough for Elisabeth Holder (b. 1950). She graduated with a diploma in jewellery and design from the University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf and also a master s degree from the Royal College of Art in London. Her time as a freelance jewellery designer in London was by then bound to teaching assignments and lectureships, the last being at the Royal College of Art. After her appointment as a professor of jewellery design at the Design Faculty of Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, her focus shifted to teaching and research. She gave up her teaching posts in 2017 and lives and works in Erkrath, near Düsseldorf.
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New monograph on Gabi Dzuiba s work
Gabi Dziuba & Friends
Edited by Cornelie Holzach
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9783897907140
Arnoldsche Art Publishers
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300 mm x 230 mm
240 Pages
320 color
£42.00
Jewellery resulting from extraordinary collaborations with renowned visual artists
Accompanying an exhibition at Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany
Gabi Dziuba s jewellery is stringent, laid-back, fragile, minimalist, glamorous, and progressive. Blister packs, coins, beans, or letters are turned into wilful creations. Collaboration with close artist associates is characteristic of her work, including those with Günther Förg, Hans-Jörg Mayer, Martin Kippenberger, Heimo Zobernig, Monika Baer, and Alexandra Bircken, whose works are included in this monograph. This highlights the openness of Dziuba s artistic approach to new trend Pop Art, Minimal Art, punk, fashion. A fascinating biography results in which the visual artist, musician, designer, and entrepreneur has freely experimented with the traditional assignment of roles since the 1970s.
Gabi Dziuba & Friends is a vivid survey of her extraordinary working methods and the exhibition activities in her Berlin studio.
Text in English and German.
Gabi Dziuba studied at the Fachhochschule für Gestaltung in Pforzheim from 1972 until 1983 with Reinhold Reiling, a pioneering exponent of a new conception of jewellery. She was then in Hermann Jünger s goldsmithing class at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich. The friends Gabi Dziuba made there among her fellow artists included Günther Förg and Hans-Jörg Mayer, with whom she began exchanging artistic ideas. In 2011 she opened Dziuba Jewels, a studio plus showroom, designed by Heimo Zobernig, on Rosa Luxemburg Square in Berlin. Ever since, she has been organizing rotating exhibitions of the jewellery that has grown out of collaborations with distinguished men and women artists.
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New monograph on Sigurd Bronger s work
Sigurd BrongerWearables / Trag-Objekte
Edited by Die Neue Sammlung
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Jewellery that changes the view on the world of things
9783897907133
The Design Museum
Arnoldsche Art Publishers
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210 mm x 160 mm
248 Pages
180 color
£42.00
Accompanying an exhibition at Die Neue Sammlung The Design Museum in Munich, Germany
Hollow goose eggs, natural sponges, packaging, balloons featuring smileys, shoe soles, scientific gauges, or even his mother s gallstones the repertoire of things elevated to jewellery objects knows no bounds for the Norwegian artist Sigurd Bronger. His portable objects are turned into wearables by means of artful hanging mechanisms. For Bronger, jewellery is a means of communication. The questions he poses with his works relate to function and use, decoration, aesthetic, and beauty, and his works invite us to see things anew: does the beautiful really have to be useless and the practical aesthetically uninteresting? Through the witty yet subtle cosmos of this extraordinary artist, our own world of things is becoming a good deal greater.
Text in English and German.
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New monograph on Daniel Kruger s jewellery art
With pieces from the past ten years
Colourful, fun, and light-hearted
Daniel Kruger
Jewellery The unexpected meaning of curious things
Barbara Schmidt
Olga Zobel Biró
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9783897907102
Arnoldsche Art Publishers
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270 mm x 210 mm
184 Pages
224 color
£42.00
Daniel Kruger s (b. 1951) new monograph Jewellery The unexpected meaning of curious things presents his jewellery art of the last ten years. Kruger, who grew up in South Africa, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and taught at the University of Art and Design at Burg Giebichenstein in Halle. He gives things an unexpected meaning. Inspired by movement and his fascination with the visual quality of materials and objects, shapes, and colours, he creates a synthesis of supposed opposites, and it is this new context that elevates these connections into something precious. Through his freedom of thought, he creates a world of objects to be contemplated, but above all to adorn the body and the human being.
Text in English and German.
Published 25th Jan 2024
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Gerti Machacek
Jewellery Sculpture Beatrix Kramlovsky
Lydia Mischkulnig
Elisabeth von Samsonow
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First comprehensive monograph on Gerti Machacek s work
Organic-geometric jewellery with a profound foundation
With literary-philosophical contributions, and photograms by Sophie Pölzl
9783897906990
Arnoldsche Art Publishers
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297 mm x 242 mm
280 Pages 467 color
£54.00
As a metaphor for the living, Gerti Machacek s jewellery is very much centred on the body, geared toward movement and changing perspectives. Despite the different materials, its pervasive clarity fascinates and delights the wearer. This monograph offers comprehensive insights into the work of an Austrian art jewellery pioneer. Her ideas comprise thrilling combinations of figurative evolution, architectural development, and a richly layered sense of humour. Essays by the art historian Anne-Katrin Rossberg, the artist and philosopher Elisabeth von Samsonow, and the writers Beatrix Kramlovsky and Lydia Mischkulnig reveal a personal approach to Machacek s work, while the visual artist Sophie Pölzl contributed exceptional images with her photograms of selected pieces of jewellery.
Text in English and German.
Published 25th Jan 2024
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Dead Souls
Desire and Memory in the Jewelry of Keith Lewis
Damian Skinner
Keith Lewis
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9783897906921
Arnoldsche Art Publishers
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250 mm x 170 mm
208 Pages
147 color
£32.00
Keith Lewis is one of the most influential jewellers in queer and identity politics
The artist s daring works tackled the AIDS crisis back in the 1980s
Featuring four of Lewis s artist talks
Since the late 1980s, American jeweller Keith Lewis (*1959) has been consistently tackling issues of Queer identity and politics in his figurative and narrative jewellery, including a groundbreaking series of memorial jewels addressing the impact of the AIDS crisis on himself and his community. Often witty, sometimes shocking, frequently erotic, and surprisingly moving, his jewellery is an act of remembering and witnessing, and a joyous assertion that desire and pleasure, wonderful ends in themselves, can collapse historical distance and connect the past and the present. Written by Damian Skinner and featuring four of Lewis s artist talks documenting key preoccupations and series, this monograph surveys a bold, provocative, and ambitious body of work that deserves to be widely known.
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Jakob Bengel, Oberstein
From Art Industry to Jewellery Design
Edited by Jakob Bengel-Stiftung
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9783897906952
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UK, US, Eastern Europe, France, Benelux, Japan, South Korea, Africa, South America & Ireland exclusive. South Africa, N&M East, China non-exclusive 250 mm x 171 mm
152 Pages
115 color
£32.00
With hitherto unpublished works from the legendary Bengel factory
Celebrating 150 years of Bengel jewellery from Idar-Oberstein
New insights into the authorship of Bengel designs
The discovery of the Oberstein company Jakob Bengel as a prominent jewellery manufacturer has liberated Oberstein from the stigma of being the underdog of the German jewellery industry. Wilhelm Lindemann and Christianne Weber-Stöber document in this current study its independent contribution to the evolution of early German jewellery design between 1910 and 1933 using Bengel as an example. Highlights from the collection of Drs. Margarete and Heribert Händel, hitherto unpublished pieces of Bengel jewellery, and contemporary designs attest to the exceptional level of production as part of the reformist ideas of the Deutscher Werkbund, the German Schools of Art and Crafts, and the Bauhaus. With this book, the industrial monument Historische Uhrketten und Bijouteriewarenfabrik Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein together with the Jakob Bengal Foundation marks the factory s 150-year anniversary.
Text in English and German. Published 18th Aug 2023
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Paul Brandt artiste joaillier et décorateur moderne Bleue-Marine Massard
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9782376660699
Editions Norma Hardback
World excluding Southern, Central and Northern Europe
305 mm x 230 mm
192 Pages
300 color
£65.00
This monograph displays the talent of Paul Brandt who left his mark both on jewellery and decorative arts in France and abroad in the 1920s
As one of the key players of modern jewellery in the 20s, Paul Brandt worked with the most famous jewellers of his time, like Fouquet or Sandoz. He followed eclectic studies in Paris (jewellery, painting, sculpture, medals and stones engraving, chiselling, etc) and finally decided to specialise in jewellery design. With his first creations he joined the art nouveau movement before focusing on an art deco style. He took part in the International Exhibition of Decorative Art of 1925 both as an artist and a jury member. Paul Brandt considered his jewellery as works of art in their own right and displayed them during exhibitions where the scenography kept getting more innovative. From the 30s, he extended his activity to interior design.
This monograph displays the talent of this major artist who left his mark in France and abroad. Recounting his whole career, it highlights the extent of Paul Brandt s skills, not only in jewellery but also in medal making, decoration and interior design.
Text in French.
Bleue-Marine Massard is an art historian and gemmologist. She graduated from the Ecole du Louvre and holds a master degree in history. Specialised in the history of jewellery and the promotion of architectural heritage, the author aims to bring back to the public some unknown topics. She wrote a master thesis on the Royal Manufacture of diamond carving during the reign of Louis 16 and is the author of the research paper Pierre-André Jacqmin, jeweller of king Louis 15, released in the periodical L Estampille. Fascinated by the art deco movement, her monograph is the first one dedicated to the jeweller and artist Paul Brandt, one of the most animated actors of the revival of the art deco jewellery alongside Raymond Templier, Jean Fouquet, Gérard Sandoz, etc.
