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Jewelry & Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition
Elyse Zorn Karlin
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Description for Jewelry & Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition
Hardback. The best study of Arts & Crafts-style jewelry and metalwork to date. Hundreds of beautiful pieces of jewelry are illustrated, their history, characteristics, materials, motifs, influences, and makers' marks are traced. Biographical sketches are provided for the most influential British designers/jewelers/metalworkers. Num Pages: 288 pages, 713 color photos. BIC Classification: WCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1672. 288 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WCP. Dimension: 285 x 223 x 27. Weight: 1672.
This book provides the best study of Art and Crafts style jewelry and metalwork to date. Devised late in the 19th century as a reaction to industrialized manufacturing, the Arts and Crafts movement stressed naturalistic materials, designs and techniques. The book begins with the British movement and traces the roots of this "new art" including its characteristics, materials, motifs, influences and makers' marks. Biographical sketches are provided for over 240 of the most influential British designers/jewelers/metalworkers, with discussions of the guilds, schools and commercial firms. In over 700 photographs, nearly 400 in glorious color, the success of these designs to ... Read more
This book provides the best study of Art and Crafts style jewelry and metalwork to date. Devised late in the 19th century as a reaction to industrialized manufacturing, the Arts and Crafts movement stressed naturalistic materials, designs and techniques. The book begins with the British movement and traces the roots of this "new art" including its characteristics, materials, motifs, influences and makers' marks. Biographical sketches are provided for over 240 of the most influential British designers/jewelers/metalworkers, with discussions of the guilds, schools and commercial firms. In over 700 photographs, nearly 400 in glorious color, the success of these designs to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764318986
SKU
V9780764318986
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About Elyse Zorn Karlin
Elyse Zorn Karlin has been collecting antiques and jewelry for nearly thirty years. She lives outside New York City with her husband and son in an Arts and Crafts period house.
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