Joanna Hardy

Sapphire

A Celebration of Colour
Herausgeber: Violette, Robert

• Buch mit Leinen-Einband

Produktbeschreibung

The definitive book on this beautiful gemstone, brimming with illuminating insights and glorious photographs of the finest sapphire jewels in history

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 349mm x 260mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 3368g
• ISBN-13: 9780500024775
• ISBN-10: 0500024774
• Artikelnr.: 61600844

Autorenporträt

Joanna Hardy is an independent gemologist and jewelry specialist, formerly of Debeers and Sothebys. She lectures widely and writes for many international journals, and also features on the popular BBC programme Antiques Roadshow. She is the principal author of Emerald and Ruby, also published by Thames & Hudson. Robert Violette is an artist, editor and publisher based in London.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Early Trade
2. Medicine and Magic
3. Profiles and Portraits
4. Treasure
5. At Court
6. The Jewel Box of the Indian Ocean
7. Hanoverian Blue
8. New Horizons
9. Star Sapphires
10. Jewels of Impact
11. High Society
12. The Art of Collecting
13. Sapphire Discoveries
14. Showstoppers
15. 21st Century
16. The Gemological World of Sapphires