
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.
Biographies
Diamonds and Scoundrels: My Life in the Jewelry Business.
Adrienne Rubin.
She Writes Press, 2019, $24.16, Kindle $12.10.
p296 pages, hardback, 5.8 x 8.5 inches.
ISBN: 978-1631527050
Hidden Gems. Jewellery Stories from the Saleroom.
Unicorn Publishing Group, Nov. 2016, £40.
296 pages, hardback, 26.9 x 22.4 cm.
ISBN: 978-1910065969
Goldstruck: A Life Shaped by Jewellery.
Salma Editions, 2015, £50.
400 pages, hardback, 21.6 x 26 cm.
ISBN: 978-0956873842
Theory
Das goldene Netzwerk/The Golden Network: Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus.
Michael Bermejo. Andrea H. Schneider-Braunberger
Societaets Verlag, 2019, €20.
336 pages, hardback, 15.1 x 22.3 cm, German, English.
ISBN: 978-3955423612
Dirty Gold: How Activism Transformed the Jewelry Industry.
The MIT Press, Earth System Governance series, 2017, $30.
272 pages, hardback, 6 x 9 inches.
ISBN: 978-0262035781
Making Trouble: Fighting for Fair Trade Jewellery.
Lion Books, 2013, £8.99.
214 pages, paperback, 19.6 x 13 cm.
ISBN: 978-0745956039
The evolving perception of preciousness in the context of jewellery.
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012, £41.
68 pages, paperback, 22.9 x 15.2 cm.
ISBN: 978-3848413645
Lässt sich Schmuck eher dem weiblichen oder dem männlichen Geschlecht zuordnen? Die Bedeutung des Schmuckes von den Anfängen bis heute: Eine vestimentäre Untersuchung.
Grin Publishing, 2016.
24 pages, paperback, 14.8 x 21 cm .
ISBN: 978-3668219359
Is Jewelry Still a Craft?: The Role of Trust and Work Ethic in Jewelry Sector. The Case of Istanbul Grand Bazaar.
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011, £52.
152 pages, paperback, 22.9 x 15.2 cm.
ISBN: 978-3846523582
Schmuck Und Sinn: Fragen und Antworten zum Phänomen Schmuck.
Books on Demand, 2009, €5.90.
72 pages, paperback, 12.5 x 20 cm, German.
ISBN: 978-3837038583
Thinking Jewellery: On the Way Towards a Theory of Jewellery/Schmuck Denken: Unterwegs zu einer Theorie des Schmucks.
Arnoldsche, May, 2011. £35. ISBN 978-3897903265. Bilingual edition.
Socio-Aesthetical Aspects of Gold Jewellery: An Anthropological Analysis.
LAP (Lambert Academic Publishing), Pakistan, 2012.
£41. 84 pages, paperback, 22 x 15 cm.
ISBN: 978-3848422470.
Bejeweled: The World of Ethical Jewelry.
Rizzoli, 2019, $65.
224 pages, hardback, 9.3 x 11.3 inches.
ISBN: 978-0847865888
Präsentation von Schmuck und Accessoires. Vom privaten Sammler zum öffentlichen Museum.
AV Akademikerverlag, 2016, €37.22.
52 pages, paperback, 15.2 x 22.9 cm, German.
ISBN: 978-3639878622
Brilliant Effects: A Cultural History of Gemstones and Jewellery.
Yale University Press, 2010. £45. ISBN 978-0300142785. JHT 10
Gender and Jewelry: A Feminist Analysis.
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010, $26.99.
140 pages, paperback, 7 x 10 inches. ISBN: 978-1452882536
Schmuck - Zeichen am Körper.
Oö. Landesmuseum/Linzer Inst. für Gestaltung, 1987.
53 pages, paperback, 26.8 x 21 cm, German.
ISBN: 978-3854390510
Published in association with an exhibition at the Oö. Landesmuseum, Linz
Jewellery in Context: A multidisciplinary framework for the study of jewellery.
Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2019, £15.
232 pages, paperback, 17.9 x 11.2 cm.
ISBN: 978-3897905795
Jewellery Matters.
Rijksmuseum/Nai010 publishers, 2017, €39.95.
640 pages, hardback, 14 x 19.5 cm.
ISBN: 978-9462083752. JHT 33
Schmuckstücke: Eine brillante Lektüre [Jewellery in literature].
Arachne Verlag, 2013, €18.
134 pages, paperback, 13.7 x 23.7 cm, German.
ISBN: 978-3932005527
Jewellery: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases.
ICON Group International, Inc., 2010.
110 pages, paperback, 7 x 9 inches.
ISBN: 978-0546612844.
Anthology of uses of the word 'jewellery'
A Biblical theology of jewelry in its wider context of, a theology of adornment.
Wesley Press, 1992.
40 pages, hardback.
ISBN: 978-0898270976
