Archive - General books on 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.
Jewellery - general
Centres and Peripheries in European Jewellery - From Antiquity to the 21st Century.
Universidade Católica Editora, Porto, 2021, free download.
316 pages, pdf, 21 x 30cm.
eISBN: 978-9899058071
https://citar.artes.porto.ucp.pt/pt/Livros-CITAR
Proceedings of the IV European Congress on Jewellery
The Art of the Jeweler: Excellence and Craftmanship.
Gallimard, 2019, €14.50.
60 pages, paperback, 15.5 x 20.5 cm.
ISBN: 978-2072822599
Les arts joailliers: Métiers d'excellence. [French language version]
ISBN: 978-2072822599
The Jewellery Box.
Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2021, £35.
552 pages, hardback, 14.8 x 20.7 cm.
ISBN: 978-3897906198
Tadema Gallery London: Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s.
Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2021, £75.
520 pages, hardback, 22 x 29 cm.
ISBN: 978-3897905986
Gioielli di Praga dal Rinascimento all'Art Deco.
La Rinascente, Milan, 1993.
201 pages, paperback, Italian.
Published in association with an exhibition at La Rinascente, Milan.
Tesori e Gioielli della Collezione del Petit Palais di Parigi.
Regione Piemonte, 2010.
167 pages, paperback, 21 x 30 cm, Italian.
Published in association with an exhibition at the Villa Scalcabarozzi, Valenza.
Imperial Splendours. The art of jewellery since the 18th century.
The Forbidden City Publishing House, 2017, ¥99.
205 pages, paperback, 19.5 x 19 cm, Chinese, English.
ISBN: 978-7513409773.
Published in association with an exhibition at the Palace Museum, Beijing.
Gioielli. Moda, magia, sentimento.
Mazzotta, 1986.
96 pages, paperback, 22.2 x 20.8 cm, Italian.
ISBN: 978-8820207106.
Published in association with an exhibition at the Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan.
The story of jewelry: a popular account of the lure, lore, science and value of gems and noble metals in the modern world.
Abelard-Schuman, 1960.
222 pages, hardback, 9.1 x 6.6 inches.
Starting to Collect Antique Jewellery.
Antique Collectors' Club Ltd, 1999, £12.50.
192 pages, hardback, 24 x 20.6 cm.
ISBN 978-1851494071
Understanding Jewelry.
Antique Collectors Club Ltd, 2000).
425 pages, hardback, 8.8 x 11 inches.
ISBN 978-1851493616.
Inspired by tradition: Gems and jewelry from a private collection.
Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1987.
47 pages, paperback, 11 x 8.4 inches.
ISBN 978-0911886337
Gioielli. Le guide del Museo Poldi Pezzoli di Milano.
Umberto Allemandi, Turin, 1996, Italian.
110 pages, hardback. ISBN 978-8842206651
Gioiello &…, Jewellery &….
Marsilio, 2014, €40.
9 vols of 32 pages each, paperback, 15 x 19 cm.
Published separately in Italian and English.
ISBN: 978-8831720540 (Italian set)
These 9 books, published as a boxed set or available individually at €5 each, contain the texts and illustrations of the videos which accompany the 9 sections of the current permanent exhibition at the Museo del Gioielli at Vicenza. Each is written by the guest curator of the relevant section: Aldo Bakker, Graziella Folchini Grassetto, Franco Cologni, Gijs Bakker, Bianca Cappello (SJH member), Deanna Farneti and Stefano Papi (SJH member).
Bijoux.
24 Ore Cultura s.r.l., Milan, 2010. £15.95.
379 pages, paperback.
ISBN 978-8871796093.
The Power of Love: Jewels, Romance and Eternity.
Unicorn, 2018, £25.
160 pages, hardback, 22.2 x 26 cm.
ISBN: 978-1911604464
The History of Jewelry: Joseph Saidian & Sons.
Rizzoli, 2018, $35.
176 pages, hardback, 9 x 11.2 inches.
ISBN: 978-0847865383
Les bijoux du classicisme à l'Art Déco.
Duculot, Paris, 1980.
160 pages, hardback, 13.5 x 20 cm, French.
ISBN 978-2801103142
Medusa : Bijoux et tabous.
Paris Musées, 2017.
186 pages, hardback, 325 x 21.7 cm.
ISBN 978-2759603473.
Published in association with an exhibition at the Musée d'Art moderne de la ville de Paris.
Jewellery | 17th to 20th Centuries.
National Museum of Ireland, 2001, €5.
74 pages, paperback, 21 x 15 cm.
ISBN 978-0901777904
Generations of Jewelry.
Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1997.
220 pages, hardback, 9.5 x 12.5 inches.
ISBN 978-0887401244
25000 Jahre Schmuck.
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin/Prestel Verlag, 2013, €59.
384 pages, 31.6 x 24.8 cm, German.
ISBN: 978-3791352961
25,000 Years of Jewelry.
English-language version of the above, £45.
ISBN: 978-3791352978
Le Trésor de Naples: Les joyaux de San Gennaro.
Gallimard, 2014, €35.
186 pages, paperback, 22.2 x 28.5 cm, French.
ISBN: 978-2070144792
Jewelry in America, 1600-1900.
Antique Collectors' Club, 1995.
448 pages, hardback, 11.1 x 8.9 inches.
ISBN: 978-1851492237
"Charivari". Skizzen aus der Idarer Schmuckstein - Industrie.
Idar-Oberstein Eigenverlag 1950.
147 pages, hardback.
Under Another Light: Jewels and Ornaments. Gianfranco Ferré.
Skira Editore, 2018, £49.
234 pages, paperback, 16.5 x 29.8 cm, English, Italian.
ISBN: 978-8857236698
Published in association with an exhibition at the Sala del Senato in the Palazzo Madama in Turin.
Il libro dei gioielli. Dal Settecento a oggi.
Antique Collectors' Club, 1995.
192 pages, hardback, Italian.
ISBN: 978-8841211663
Genialità nel gioiello.
Novecento, 1996.
180 pages, paperback, 32.5 x 25 cm, Italian.
ISBN: 978-8837303167
The Jewelry Collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
Ucad, 2008, €20.99.
36 pages, hardback, 29.6 x 21.2 cm. ISBN: 978-2901422709
English version of the 2004 French-language ‘Collection de bijoux du Musée de l'Art Décoratif’, ISBN: 978-2901422716.
Looking at Jewelry: A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques.
J. Paul Getty Museum, 2019, $19.95.
128 pages, paperback, 6.2 x 9.2 inches.
ISBN: 978-1606065990
Alltagstauglich!: Schmuck von Jugendstil bis Art déco - Die Sammlung Ratz-Coradazzi.
Schnell und Steiner, 2019, €36.
272 pages, hardback, 21.5 x 28.7 cm, German.
ISBN: 978-3795434182.
Published in association with an exhibition at the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt.
Antique Jewelry : A Practical And Passionate Guide.
Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1976
160 pages, paperback, 7 x 10 inches.
ISBN: 978-0517526538
Coveted: Art and Innovation in High Jewelry.
Phaidon Press, 2020, $89.95.
208 pages, hardback, 9.69 x 12.01 inches
ISBN: 978-1838661496
Gioielli e legature. Artisti del XX secolo.
L'Orafo Italiano, 1990.
197 pages, hardback, 31 x 25 cm, Italian.
Published in association with an exhibition at the Castello Sforzesco, Milan.
Smalti e gioielli dal XV al XIX secolo.
Museo nazionale del Bargello, Florence, 1986.
84 pages, hardback, 22 cm, Italian.
Published in association with an exhibition at the Bargello museum.
Schmuck aus drei Jahrtausenden: Sammlung Hanns-Ulrich Haedeke.
Rheinland-Verlag, 2000.
332 pages, turtleback, 27.8 x 23.6 cm, German.
ISBN: 978-3792717868.
“The thing of mine I have loved the best”: Meaningful Jewels.
Les Enluminures, 2018, $50.
372 pages, paperback, 23 x 16 cm.
ISBN: 978-0997184266
Parures. Des Temps anciens, des peuples lointains.
Paris, Aux Quais de Paris, 1977.
167 pages, hardback, 25 x 28 cm, French.
Antiker Gold- und Silberschmuck.
Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1968.
246 pages, paperback, German.
Jewelry: The Body Transformed.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018, $50.
272 pages, hardback, 9 x 10 inches.
ISBN: 978-1588396501
Bijoux: Le corps sublimé.
Freanch-language version, Citadelles et Mazenod, 2018, €69.
ISBN: 978-2850887826
Published in association with an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, New York.
Jewelry.
Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2020, £50.
576 pages, hardback, 21 x 27.3 cm, English, German.
ISBN: 978-3897905856
Jewellery from the Hull Grundy Collection: An illustrated account of the collection of 18th and 19th century jewellery presented to Kenwood by Mrs John Hull Grundy, 1975-6.
Greater London Council, 1975.
18 pages, paperback.
ISBN: 978-0716808503
Le petit roman des bijoux.
Editions du Rocher, 2011, €10.10.
128 pages, hardback, 15.4 x 12.8 cm, French.
ISBN: 978-2268070636.
Brief introduction to the symbolism and romance of jewellery.
Keepsakes and Treasures: Stories from Historic New England's Jewelry Collection.
Historic New England, 2016, $19.95.
64 pages, paperback, 9.8 x 7.9 inches.
ISBN: 978-0989059831
Published in association with an exhibition at the Eustis Estate, Milton, Massachusetts.
Masterpieces of European Jewellery from the 16th to 19th Centuries in the Hermitage Collection.
State Hermitage, 2010. $140.
ISBN: 978-5935723675.
A Book of Jewelry.
Artia Prague, 1962.
104 pages, hardback.
Glanz und Zauber des Schmucks. Eine Kulturgeschichte.
Verlag Bongers, Leipzig, 1978.
227 pages, hardback.
Smycken = Jewellery.
Nordiska Museets Förlag, Stockholm, 2012, 109 kr.
111 pages, paperback, 16 x 24 cm, Swedish, English. ISBN: 978-9171085542
Published to accompany the re-display of the Nordiska Museet’s collection of jewellery.
“Boys Get Skulls, Girls Get Butterflies”.
Distanz Publishing, 2013, €64.
176 pages, hardback, 28.8 x 22.8 cm, English, German.
ISBN: 978-3954760312
Published to accompany an exhibition at MAKK, Cologne.
Artful Adornments: Jewelry from the Museum of Fine Arts.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2011. £40.
192 pages, hardback, 9.4 x 10.3 inches.
ISBN 978-0878467686.
Figures & Faces: The Art Of Jewelry.
Thames & Hudson, 2018, €24.
128 pages, hardback, 18 x 24.9 cm.
ISBN: 978-0500021811
Metropolitan Jewelry .
Bulfinch Press, 1991.
112 pages, hardback, 9.3 x 11.3 inches .
ISBN: 978-0821218778
The Triumph of Love: Jewelry 1530-1930.
Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1993.
104 pages, hardback, 23.5 x 24.8 cm.
ISBN: 978-0500236611
Treasures and Trinkets: Jewellery in London from Pre-Roman Times to the 1930's.
Museum of London, 1991.
208 pages, paperback, 26.2 x 19.6 cm.
ISBN: 978-0904818482
Schmuckstücke. Antike bis Jugendstil.
Museum für Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt am Main, 1991.
90 pages, paperback, 24 x 20 cm, German.
ISBN: 978-3882700541
Jewelry: From Pearls to Platinum to Plastic.
Newark Museum, 2017, $29.95.
80 pages, paperback, 8 x 10 inches.
ISBN: 978-0932828453
Published in association with an exhibition at the Newark Museum.
Schmuckismus.
Arnoldsche Art Publishers Stuttgart, 2019, £28.
160 pages, Swiss binding, 17 x 23 cm, English, German.
ISBN 978-3897905511.
Published in association with an exhibition at Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Munich.
ThinkingJewellery Two.
Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2020, £17.
184 pages, paperback, 13.9 x 21.8 cm.
ISBN: 978-3897905399
Based on lectures from the 2017 symposium of the same name at the Trier University of Applied Sciences/Campus Idar-Oberstein.
Jewellery. The Intelligent Layman's Guide.
The Intelligent Layman publishers Ltd, 2006.
264 pages, hardback, 25.6 x 2.6 cm.
ISBN: 978-0947798352
Il linguaggio dei gioielli. Il significato nascosto e ritrovato dell'eterna arte dell'ornamento dalla A alla Z.
Zelig, 2001.
206 pages, paperback.
ISBN: 978-8887291216
Spectacular. Gems and Jewelry from the Merriweather Post Collection.
Published by GILES in assocation with Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, 2017, $39.95.
200 pages, hardback, 9.5 x 10.5 inches.
ISBN: 978-1907804922
Published in association with an exhibition at the Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, Washington DC.
Mille et un carats. Joyaux, perles et autres pierreries qui ont fait l'Histoire.
Vuibert, 2012, €19.50.
288 pages, paperback, 21.8 x 15 cm, French.
ISBN: 978-2311008838
Jewels and Jewellery.
V&A Publishing/Tokyo Bijutsu Co. Ltd, 2014, ¥3200.
176 pages, paperback (with dust jacket), 27 x 22 cm, Japanese.
ISBN: 978-4808709679. JHT 20
Jewels & Jewellery.
Thames and Hudson, 2019, £24.95.
224 pages, paperback, 20.8 x 29.2 cm.
ISBN: 978-0500480342.
Updated and enlarged version of 2008 book.
Bijoux et Beautés.
Olivier Orban, 1987.
90 pages, hardback, 15 x 21.5 cm.
ISBN: 2555987991
Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World.
Ecco Press, 2015, $27.99.
368 pages, hardback, 6 x 9 inches.
ISBN: 978-0062334695
The Art of Jewelry, 1450-1650.
The Martin D'Arcy Gallery of Art, 1975.
72 pages, paperback, 7.75 x 10.25 inches.
Published in association with an exhibition at Chicago.
Le grand frisson : le Bijou de sentiment de la Renaissance à nos jours.
Textuel, 2008, €45.70.
431 pages, hardback, 21.8 x 15.8 cm, French.
ISBN: 978-2845973084
Jewellery in Britain 1066-1837.
Michael Russell Publishing Ltd, Norwich, United Kingdom, 1994.
431 pages, hardback, 22 x 28 cm.
ISBN: 978-0859551908
Jewellery from Renaissance to Art Deco 1540-1940.
The Nishinippon shinbun-sha, Fukuoka, 2003.
332 pages, softback, 21.8 x 28.7 cm, Japanese.
Published in association with an exhibition at Tokyo, Fukuoka, Nagoya and Kyoto.
25 Reasons why to wear Jewellery.
Author, 2018, €25.
188 pages, paperback.
ISBN: 978-3982051215
25 Gründe Schmuck zu tragen
German-language version, ISBN: 978-3982051208
Le goût des bijoux : Du Moyen-Age aux années Art Déco.
Librairie Académique Perrin, 2013, €35.
234 pages, hardback, 31.8 x 23.2 cm, French.
ISBN: 978-2262040802
Mon bijou. Geschichte und Geschichten um Schmuck.
Chemiewerk, Homburg, 1973.
72 pages, hardback, 20 cm, German.
ISBN: 978-3521040496
Eva's Beauty Case - Schmuck und Styling im Spiegel der Zeiten.
Hirmer Verlag GmbH, 2016, €29.90.
168 Pages, hardback, 24 x 28 cm, German.
ISBN: 978-3777425887
Published in association with an exhibition at the LVR-LandesMuseum, Bonn.
«Delle mie gioie ed oggetti d'oro...». Le mode e gli affetti nei gioielli dei conti Coronini Cronberg di Gorizia.
Fondazione Palazzo Coronini, 2012, €25.
184 pages, paperback, 21 x 26 cm, Italian.
ISBN: 978-8890254826
Published in associaton with an exhibition of jewellery from the collections of the Coronini Cronberg Counts at Gorizia.
Jewels That Made History: 100 Stones, Myths, and Legends.
Rizzoli, 2020, $45.
224 pages, hardback, 7 x 8.5 inches.
ISBN: 978-0847868544
Jewelry: Ancient To Modern.
Studio, 1980.
255 pages, hardback, 20 x 20 inches.
ISBN: 978-0670406975
Les plus beaux bijoux de femmes joaillières.
Editions La Bibliothèque des Arts, 2017, €85.
360 pages, hardback, 28.9 x 34.4 cm, French.
ISBN: 978-2884532082
The Art of Russian Jewellery: Nine Centuries of History.
Moscow Kremlin State Museum and Khudozhnic I Kniga, 2004, $45.
174 pages, hardback.
ISBN: 978-5886781106
Practical
L' entretien et la réparation de bijoux: Comment nettoyer, réparer et restaurer vos bijoux.
Eyrolles, 2013, €35.
192 pages, hardback, 28 x 22 cm, French.
ISBN: 978-2212137064
Detailed instructions on how to identify, look after and repair antique jewellery.