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Corporate Author British Museum.

Title Jewellery through 7000 years / British Museum.

Imprint London : British Museum Publications, ©1976.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection M Schick  739.27074 B777j 1976    ---  Lib Use Only
Description 276 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-271) and index.
Form Also issued online.
Summary The most comprehensive and beautifully illustrated history of jewelry. The previous edition of this exhaustive survey was published to critical acclaim by the British Museum Press. Since publication, the museum has expanded its collection, with major acquisitions of pieces from Europe and Asia. The new edition includes a complete revision of the section on Europe after 1700, plus revisions to the sections on Celtic Europe, Roman Britain, cameos and finger rings. The book explores the varied styles, techniques and materials used to make jewelry in many civilizations throughout the world and across the millennia. Egyptian necklaces, Celtic torcs, South American gold masks, Renaissance pendants and Art Nouveau buckles are examples of the range of the masterpieces described and illustrated with 400 superb photographs.
7000 Years of Jewelry takes readers on an impressive tour that includes, among other times and places: The Middle East: 5000-2000 BC -- Egypt: 1500-900 BC -- Phoenician, Greek, Etruscan and Persian Lands: 850-325 BC -- China, Celtic Europe, Mexico and Peru: 600 BC-AD 600 -- The Mediterranean, India, Egypt, Roman Britain and Byzantium: 325 BC-AD 600 -- Europe, China, Korea and Japan: 300-1000 -- Mayan Central America: 600-1000 -- Central and South America: 500-1500 -- Europe, Islam, China, Korea and Java: 1000-1500 -- China, India, Tibet and Mongolia: 1500-1850 -- West Africa: 1500-1800 -- Europe: 1500-1950. More comprehensive than before, this reference remains the finest and most beautifully illustrated history of jewelry ever published.
Subject British Museum.
Jewelry -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
British Museum.
British Museum. (OCoLC)fst00536918
Jewelry. (OCoLC)fst00982535
England -- London. (OCoLC)fst01204271
Genre/Form Catalogs. (OCoLC)fst01423692
ISBN 0714100544
9780714100548
0714100552 (pbk.)
9780714100555 (pbk.)

 
    
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