20th Century Jewelry & the Icons of Style

by Stefano Papi and Alexandra Rhodes

For centuries the collecting of precious gems and the jewelry fashioned from them was the exclusive prerogative of kings and queens, emperors, popes, and maharajahs. In the aftermath of World War I an extraordinary group of women emerged who had the means to deck themselves in glittering bracelets, rings, necklaces, earrings, tiaras, and brooches.This book presents eleven profiles of glamorous women who assembled these astonishing collections in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500516871
• ISBN13: 9780500516874
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 4.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.8" x 12.9"