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"The Jeweller's Directory of Shape and Form"

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"Jewellery" series; This is a guide to designing and making all forms of jewellery fromearrings and pendants to cufflinks and bracelets, tie pins and rings.It includes 200 visual references for shape, form, texture and finish,with reference symbols to indicate the materials and processes used. With 200 colour photographs, 150 b&w photographs. Paperback, 80 pages. Size: 246 x 190 mm. Weight: 262g.

Author: Olver, Elizabeth
ISBN: 0713654872
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Date: 2000 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Gold & Silversmithing

"Falize"

A Dynasty of Jewelers

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The story of the jewellers and goldsmiths known as the house of Falize from its opening in Paris in 1840 until its closure in 1936. Purcell uses the memories of surviving members of the family and had access to the archive of documents, drawings and sketches. Includes illustrations of pieces of jewellery. With 414 illustrations, 157 in colour. Hardback, 320 pages. Size: 278 x 212 mm. Weight: 1769g.

Author: Purcell, Katherine
ISBN: 0500019118
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date: 1999 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Gold & Silversmithing

"The Shining Cloth"

Dress and Adornment That Glitters

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An exploration of the practice of embellishment with glittering substances, from those found in the treasure of the pharaohs to Assyrian bas-reliefs. The volume draws on the author's knowledge of textile techniques and an array of specialist and anthropological research. With 287 colour illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 300 x 168 mm. Weight: 1150g.

Author: Rivers, Victoria Z.
ISBN: 0500283745
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Gold & Silversmithing

"Historic Rings"

Four Thousand Years of Craftmanship

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Each ring is illustrated with one or more black and white photograph, with 500 superb colour photos of the most important pieces. Major trends in ring design are outlined, and explanations and anecdotes are given on many of the individual rings. Supplementary images provide additional visual reference for the historical context. With 800ill.500col.ill.. Hardback, 364 pages. Size: 304 x 228 mm. Weight: 2540g.

Author: Scarisbrick, Diana
ISBN: 4770025408
Publisher: Kodansha Europe Ltd
Date: 2004 (Japan)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Gold & Silversmithing

"The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver"

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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With 763 illustrations. Hardback, 688 pages. Size: 275 x 230 mm. Weight: 788g.

Author: Schroder, Tim
ISBN: 0500973687
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date: 1988 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Gold & Silversmithing

"The Art of the Goldsmith in Late Fifteenth-Century Germany"

The Kimbell Virgin and Her Bishop

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"Kimbell Masterpiece" series; Made for Wilhelm v on Reichenau, the statuette came onto the market when church property was secularized in the early 19th century and was owned by the Rothschild family. This book looks at the creation of the statuette in Augsburg, its place in the context of other works of art in Eichstatt, and the story of Reichenau. With 26 b&w, 33 colour illustrations. Paperback, 100 pages. Size: 233 x 192 mm. Weight: 505g.

Author: Smith, Jeffrey Chipps
ISBN: 0300117361
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Further/Higher Education Gold & Silversmithing

"Art Jewelry Today 2"

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Hardback, Weight: 1585g.

Author: Snyder, Jeffrey B.
ISBN: 0764330659
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Gold & Silversmithing

"Faberge Flowers"

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They stand elegant and exquisite, casually placed in simple crystal vases, primula, narcissus, a dandelion, a branch of blueberries. They invite us to touch their arched leaves. If we do, we find they are not plucked from the dew at dawn but made of gold, jewels and enamels. With illustrations. Hardback, 128 pages. Size: 197 x 197 mm. Weight: 633g.

Author: Swezey, Reed
ISBN: 0810949539
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Date: 2004 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Gold & Silversmithing

"Jewelry Concepts and Technology"

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A guide and handbook for jewellery makers on all levels of ability. It features more than 900 photographs in colour and black and white that illustrate work of all degrees of complexity and show the incredible range of concepts which jewellers in all times incorporate in their work. With 900 colour and b&w halftones, 377 line illustrations, glossaries, index. Hardback, 864 pages. Size: 279 x 213 mm. Weight: 2718g.

Author: Untracht, Oppi
ISBN: 0709196164
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
Date: 1998 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Gold & Silversmithing

"Ornament and Amulet"

Rings of the Islamic Lands

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"Nasser D.Khalili Collection of Islamic Art" series; An examination of the more than 600 finger rings in the Nasser D Khalili Collection of Islamic art. This volume presents the typology of Islamic rings within a broad chronological framework, and includes colour illustrations that have been supplemented by several drawings of each ring. With illus in colour with numerous line drawings. New ed. Hardback, 304 pages. Size: 355 x 255 mm. Weight: 3102g.

Author: Wenzel, Marian
ISBN: 1874780609
Publisher: Khalili Collections
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Gold & Silversmithing

"Backjumps"

The Live Issue #3

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Hardback, 320 pages. Size: 235 x 160 mm. Weight: 365g.

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ISBN: 3937946276
Publisher: From Here to Fame
Date: 2008 (Germany)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Graffiti

"King Kong"

We Didn't Invent Anything

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"36 Chambers" series; With illustrations. Paperback, 80 pages. Size: 240 x 170 mm. Weight: 331g.

Author: (Di Salvo, Giorgio, ed.)
ISBN: 8888493131
Publisher: Drago Arts & Communication
Date: 2007 (Italy)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Graffiti

"Let the Kids Play"

Pax Paloscia

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The title 'Let the Kids Play' is a metaphor of an emotional condition as a reaction to adult cynicism. Through graffiti, drawings, photography and videos, Pax defines her universe the same way children play with symbolic objects of their enchanted world. With illustrations. Paperback, 80 pages. Size: 240 x 170 mm. Weight: 326g.

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ISBN: 8888493204
Publisher: Drago Arts & Communication
Date: 2007 (Italy)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Graffiti

"Little People in the City"

The Street Art of Slinkachu

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Brings together the collected photographs of Slinkachu, a street-artist who for several years has been leaving little hand-painted people in the bustling city to fend for themselves, waiting to be discovered. With illustrations. Hardback, 128 pages. Size: 139 x 196 mm. Weight: 397g.

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ISBN: 0752226649
Publisher: Pan MacMillan
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Graffiti