Archive - Jewellery books by period - post-Victorian - Costume Jewellery
The following titles have been noted by Jewellery History Today. Titles with a reference to JHT at the end are reviewed in that issue. To read the review (members only), click here.
Gioielli Fantasia. Sogni Americani. Costume Jewelry. American Dreams.
360 pages, paperback, 22 x 22 cm, English, Italian.
ISBN: 978-8863734140
Published in association with an exhibition of jewellery at Asti from the collection of Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.
Fashion Jewellery: Catwalk and Couture.
Laurence King, 2010. £24.95. 208 pages, hardback, 28.2 x 20.1 cm. ISBN: 9781856696555.
Paperback edition Sep 2012. £9.95. ISBN: 9781780670300.
Bijoux e moda. Passerelle e couture.
Logos, 2010. €40.99. Hardback. ISBN: 978-8879405072.
Henkel & Grosse Pforzheim: 100 years of Passion for Grosse and Dior.
Arnoldsche, September 2010. £45. ISBN 9783897903357
Bijoux de haute couture : Collection Robert Goossens.
Flammarion, 2000, €120.
111 pages, hardback, 27 x 22 cm. ISBN: 978-2082080514
American Costume Jewelry: Art and Industry, 1935-1950, A-M.
Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2008.
248 pages, hardback, 9 x 11.5 inches.
ISBN: 978-0764329821
American Costume Jewelry: Art and Industry, 1935-1950, N-Z.
Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2008.
256 pages, hardback, 9 x 11.5 inches.
ISBN: 978-0764329838
A Tribute To America: Costume Jewelry 1935-1950.
Edita, Milan, 2002.
229 pages, paperback, 9.5 x 12 inches.
Diva! Italian Glamour in Fashion Jewellery.
Silvano Editorale, 2021, £45.
264 pages, paperback, 31 x 24 cm.
ISBN: 978-8836648047
Published in association with a touring exhibition
Storia della bigiotteria italiana (The History of Italian Costume Jewellery).
Skira, 2016, €40.
160 pages, paperback, 24 x 28 cm, Italian, English.
ISBN: 978-8857231129
Wearing Beauty. The great Italian Costume Jewellery.
Sillabe, 2015, €16.
112 pages, paperback, 21 x 29,.7 cm, Italian, Serb, English.
ISBN: 978-8883478291
Published in association with an exhibition at Casalmaggiore and Belgrade.
Adorning Fashion: The History of Costume Jewellery to Modern Times.
ACC Art Books, 2019, £60.
400 pages, hardback, 24.8 x 30.9 cm.
ISBN: 978-178884077
Parer la mode. Bijoux de 1750 à 1990.
French language edition. Cinq Continents, 2019, €75.
ISBN: 978-8874399017
Fashion Jewellery. Made in Italy
ACC Books, 2013. £45.
392 pages, hardback, 24.1 x 27.9 cm.
ISBN 9781851496815.
Jewels Of Fantasy: Costume Jewelry of the 20th Century
Harry N. Abrams, 1992.
408 pages, hardback, 10.5 x 11.8 inches.
ISBN 978-0810931787.
Amazing Gems: An Illustrated Guide to the World's Most Dazzling Costume Jewelry.
Harry N Abrams, 1997.
256 pages, hardback, 5 x 8.5 inches.
ISBN: 978-0810931473
Costume Jewellery: The Jewels of Miriam Haskell.
ACC Art Books, 1997.
207 pages, hardback, 29.2 x 23.6 cm.
ISBN: 978-1851492633
20th Century Costume Jewellery.
Antique Collectors Club Ltd, 1990.
256 pages, hardback, 23.2 x 16.7 cm.
ISBN: 978-9627517023
Strass: Modeschmuck aus zwei Jahrhunderten.
Heyne Verlag, Munich, 1990.
240 pages, hardback, 30 cm, German.
ISBN: 3453043588
Gems of Costume Jewelry.
Abbeville Press, 1991.
240 pages, hardback, 9.4 x 12.6 inches.
ISBN: 978-1558592070
Old costume jewelry, a collector's dream: With prices.
Wallace-Homestead Book Co, 1978.
50 pages, paperback, 8.7 x 5.7 inches.
ISBN: 978-0870692284
Zeitgeist: 100 Jahre Modeschmuck aus Idar-Oberstein/Zeitgeist. A century of Idar-Oberstein Costume Jewellery.
Arnoldsche, 2009, £45.
192 pages, hardback, 24.1 x 29.8 cm, German, English.
ISBN: 978-3897903142
All My Baskets: American Costume Jewelry.
Franco Maria Ricci, 1996.
72 pages, hardback, 9.1 x 6.6 inches, Italian, English.
ISBN: 978-8821639043
Costume Jewellery.
Miller's Publications, 2012.
256 pages, hardback, 21.9 x 24.9 cm.
ISBN: 978-1845337223
Costume jewelry for haute couture.
Exhibitions International, 2007.
272 pages, hardback, 27.9 x 24 cm. ISBN: 978-9061536833
Les paruriers. Bijoux de la Haute Couture.
French language version, Grand Hornu Images/Fonds Mercator, 2007, ISBN: 9061536774
Published in association with an exhibition at Brussels.
Gioielli di scena. 30 anni di storia della lirica attraverso la carriera di quattro celebri soprani del Novecento.
Stage and opera jewellery
Electa, 2003.
196 pages, hardback, 30.2 x 22.8 cm, Italian.
ISBN: 978-8837024390
Costume Jewelry: Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo’s Collection.
Silvana, 2010. £31.50. ISBN 9788836618880.
Luxury for Fashion: Internationaler Modeschmuck der Fior Collection, 1950-1990. Fine Costume Jewellery from the Fior Collection, 1950-1990.
Koehler & Amelang, 2013, €24.90.
128 pages, hardback, 25.4 x 21.4 cm, German, English. ISBN: 978-3733803926
Published in association with an exhibition at the Kunstbibliothek, Berlin.
Fashion Jewelry, The Collection of Barbara Berger.
Assouline Publishing, 2013, $65.
124 pages, hardback, 9.4 x 12 inches. ISBN: 978-1614281061
Trifari. L'eleganza di uno stile nel costume jewelry americano.
EDIFIR, 2003.
200 pages, paperback, 22 x 30 cm, Italian.
ISBN: 978-8879701310
Luxe et Fantaisie : Bijoux de la collection Barbara Berger.
Norma, 2003.
160 pages, paperback, 21.7 x 25.5 cm, French.
ISBN: 978-2909283760
Los años gloriosos bijoux colección Barbara Berger.
Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2000.
139 pages, hardback, Spanish.
ISBN: 9685059233
Fabulous Fakes: A Passion for Vintage Costume Jewelry.
Artisan Publishers, 2006.
224 pages, hardback, 8.8 x 9 inches.
ISBN: 978-1579652920
A Collector's Guide to Costume Jewelry: Key Styles and How to Recognize them.
Thames & Hudson, 1997.
144 pages, hardback, 22.2 x 29.2 cm.
ISBN: 978-0500280171
Karfunkelschein: Prade - Gablonzer Modeschmuck 1922-1995.
Modo Verlag Gmbh, 2009. €36. ISBN 9783868330199.
Catalogue of an exhibition of costume jewellery made by Prade of Gablonz at Hanau Goldchmiedshaus Autumn 2011 (see Exhibitions Archive).
Vogue, the jewellery.
Octopus Publishing Group, 2015, £80.61.
304 pages, hardback, 28.6 x 36.4 cm.
ISBN: 978-1840916577