The Jeweler's Art

by Katherine Macfarlane

Book Overview

Roughly 75,000 years ago, humankind invented jewelry. This book richly presents a history of jewelry-making and its various techniques through the ages, from the metal-working of the ancient Sumerians to the contemporary Studio Jewelry Movement. Readers will enjoy the detailed photographs of Victorian and Edwardian jewelry, as well as the engrossing images of jewelry from the Baroque and Rococo periods.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590189841
• ISBN13: 9781590189849
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Lucent Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10