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Glass Beads From Europe
Sibylle Jargstorf
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Description for Glass Beads From Europe
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 384 color photos. BIC Classification: JFCK; WCP; WCR; WFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 906.
The various worldwide uses of glass beads, from antiquity to the modern time, are presented in this new book, along with the fascinating evolution of the beadmaking industry. From roots in Asian and African glassmaking, the European beadmaking industry is shown to have developed in response to political and economic factors of international trade and keen businessmen who saw potential profits, 475 color photographs, illustrate the different styles uses, and patterns of glass beads that originated from or influenced the European industry. Phoenician, Celtic, Viking, Venetian, African, Bavarian, Bohemian, Dutch, French, and Russian styles that were made for symbolic, fashion, ... Read more
The various worldwide uses of glass beads, from antiquity to the modern time, are presented in this new book, along with the fascinating evolution of the beadmaking industry. From roots in Asian and African glassmaking, the European beadmaking industry is shown to have developed in response to political and economic factors of international trade and keen businessmen who saw potential profits, 475 color photographs, illustrate the different styles uses, and patterns of glass beads that originated from or influenced the European industry. Phoenician, Celtic, Viking, Venetian, African, Bavarian, Bohemian, Dutch, French, and Russian styles that were made for symbolic, fashion, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Weight
906g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887408397
SKU
V9780887408397
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1
About Sibylle Jargstorf
Glass historian Sibylle Jargstorf, from Braunschweg, Germany, has directed her considerable skill and energy to this, her fourth book on glass. Her previous original research for her popular books Glass in Jewelry; Paperweights, and Baubles, Buttons and Beads: the Heritage of Bohemia has won her the respect of thousands of readers.
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