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Vever's French Jewelry of the 19th Century
Henri Vever
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Description for Vever's French Jewelry of the 19th Century
Hardcover. This work charts the careers of both the humblest and most famous French Jewellers of the 19th century, including Fouquet, Boucheron, Falize, and Lalique. It contains photographs of specific pieces, the jewels being worn, design sketches, and prints from contemporary fashion magazines. Translator(s): Purcell, Katherine; Munn, Geoffrey C. Num Pages: 1312 pages, 1414 illustrations, 136 in colour. BIC Classification: 3JH; WCP; WFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 201 x 89. Weight in Grams: 4892.
Vever’s La Bijouterie Française au XIXem Siècle was first published in France between 1906–08: it has been the bible of all jewelry experts, buyers, sellers, scholars and historians ever since. Only 1,000 copies were originally produced, and it has been out of print for many years, appearing only rarely in the auction houses where it fetches very large sums.
This volume – the first ever complete translation into English – includes over 1400 illustrations: photographs, sketches for jewels and prints from fashion magazines. 136 colour photographs of jewels now in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs are new ... Read more
Vever’s La Bijouterie Française au XIXem Siècle was first published in France between 1906–08: it has been the bible of all jewelry experts, buyers, sellers, scholars and historians ever since. Only 1,000 copies were originally produced, and it has been out of print for many years, appearing only rarely in the auction houses where it fetches very large sums.
This volume – the first ever complete translation into English – includes over 1400 illustrations: photographs, sketches for jewels and prints from fashion magazines. 136 colour photographs of jewels now in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs are new ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1312
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500237847
SKU
V9780500237847
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About Henri Vever
Katherine Purcell is the author of Falize: A Dynasty of Jewelers, also published by Thames & Hudson.
Reviews for Vever's French Jewelry of the 19th Century
'This is a book that should be on the bookshelf of any serious collector or dealer . . . of these 1300 pages, there is not one without some interesting fact, anecdote or illustration' - Art Review 'Thames & Hudson have done Vever and Purcell proud . . . Now with an extremely readable translation the book has been opened ... Read more