The Jewels of the Romanovs: Family and Court by Stefano Papi (Book)

The art of decorative stone work - known as Pietre Dure, or polychrome hardstone inlay resurfaced in Rome in the sixteenth century with the flowering of the Italian Renaissance. Tabl...

This book takes a fascinating look into nearly 50 clubs in London and with more than 400 specially commissioned photographs shows a way of life that still plays a part in the daily l...

In celebration of the 150th birthday of Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) the Vienna Museum is presenting the first catalogue of its complete collection of the artist s works. The world s lar...

In original pressed, painted and hinged aluminium covers with an image of MOMA and a yellow New York taxi cab at the front. This is the exhibition catalogue for an important exhibiti...

Faberge: Court Jeweler to the Tsars Book by Solodkoff, Rizzoli 1984. Fabergé: Court Jeweler to the Tsars Fabergé, Court Jeweler to the Tsars by G. von Habsburg-Lothringen and A. von Solodkoff. New York: Rizzoli, 1979. First English edition hardcover with slip case. 171 pp. A book on the history of Carl Fabergé and his work. For more than 35 years, Peter Carl Fabergé (1846-1920) was purveyor of exquisite creations in jewels and precious metals to European royalty, most notably Russia and England, and to the wealthy of the world. He was a designer of unsurpassed ingenuity and delicacy. He turned out a profusion of jeweled flowers in rock-crystal pots, enameled cigarette cases, desk sets in multicolored gold, silver and platinum, gold sedan chairs and coronation coaches...

First edition Joseph Richardson and Family Philadelphia Silversmiths by Martha Ganda Fales. Hardcover first edition, 1974. Very good overall conditi...

The stories of Indian princes and their jewelry and precious stones are brought together in this illustrated narrative tracing the rise and fall of India's leading royal houses through the dramatic fortunes of their crown jewels. Traditionally, precious metals and jewels have been, for Indians rich and poor, a repository of wealth and a status symbol. For the reigning families, jewels also had symbolic and religious significance. Also here are the original drawings by great European jewelers of the pieces they designed for their exotic and demanding clients. The text is both lively and scholarly, drawing from descriptions of such travelers as Marco Polo and Tavernier as well as Sanskrit dramatists extolling the riches of India. The core of this lavishly photographed book is the encounter between Indian princely magnificence and the best of European Jewellery designers in the 20th century when many of the Maharaja's travelled to Europe with trunks filled with traditional Indian jewels and unset stones...

Symphony of Jewels Annu Hu: Opus 1 By: Carol Woolton, David Warren, and Janet Zapata Photography by David Behl Inspired by Chinese art and lore, Western art and music, and the natural world, Anna Hu...