Recent books on jewellery
The following books of interest to jewellery historians have been published recently and noted by Jewellery History Today. For lists of books published earlier, click here. Titles with a reference to JHT at the end are reviewed in that issue. To read the review (members only), click here. For detailed bibliographies of books on European traditional jewellery and silver marks, click here (members only).
‘A Marvel To Behold’: Gold and Silver at the Court of Henry VIII.
The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2020, £45.
398 pages, hardback, 24.4 x 17.2 cm.
ISBN: 978-1783275076
Ruby Gold.
Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2020, £32.
168 pages, hardback, 15 x 21 cm, English, German.
ISBN: 978-3897906143
Published in association with an exhibition at Galerie Zink, Waldkirchen
Coveted: Art and Innovation in High Jewelry.
Phaidon Press, 2020, $89.95.
208 pages, hardback, 9.69 x 12.01 inches
ISBN: 978-1838661496
Andrew Grima: The Father of Modern Jewellery.
ACC Art Books, 2020, £65.
336 pages, hardback, 24 x 30 cm.
ISBN: 978-1788841061
Acus Crinalis. ¡Y yo con estos pelos!
Bibat. Arabako Arkeologia Museoa, 2020.
14 pages, pdf, free to download at arkeologiamuseoabibat.eus
Catalogue of an exhibition of Roman bone hair pins.
Gems.
Flammarion, 2020, £35.
304 pages, hardback, 19.61 x 25.17 cm.
ISBN: 978-2081512955
Jewels That Made History: 100 Stones, Myths, and Legends.
Rizzoli, 2020, $45.
224 pages, hardback, 7 x 8.5 inches.
ISBN: 978-0847868544
Beautiful Creatures: Jewelry Inspired by the Animal Kingdom.
Rizzoli Electa, 2020, $35.
160 pages, hardback, 7.26 x 9.29 inches.
ISBN: 978-0847868407Published in association with an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History, New York
Карл Фаберже и Федор Рюкерт. Шедевры русской эмали.
Carl Fabergé & Feodor Rückert. Masterpieces of Russian Enamel.
Moscow: Federal State-Budget Cultural Institution, 2020, 3,000 RUB.
400 pages, hardback, Russian with English captions.
Published in association with an exhibition at the Kremlin, Moscow.
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
Jewelry.
Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2020, £50.
576 pages, hardback, 21 x 27.3 cm, English, German.
ISBN: 978-3897905856
The Circle and the Line. The Jewelry of Betty Cooke.
D Giles Ltd, 2020, £24.95.
96 pages, hardback, 20.3 x 17.8 cm.
ISBN: 978-1911282778
Published in association with an exhibition at The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
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.
In Flux: American Jewelry and the Counterculture.
Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2020, £32.
184 pages, paperback, 17 x 25 cm.
ISBN: 978-3897905979
Studies in Irish Georgian Silver.
Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2020, £50.
208 pages, hardback, 24.8 x 17.9 cm.
ISBN: 978-1846827990
Includes two chapters on jewellery by Breda Scott and Zara Power.
Simply Brilliant. Artist-jewelers of the 1960s and 1970s.
D Giles Ltd, 2020, £40.
256 pages, hardback, 24.1 x 26.7 cm.
ISBN: 978-1911282525
Published in association with an exhibition at DIVA, Antwerp, Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, and Cincinnati Art Museum.
Der Bernsteinschmuck der Steinzeit.
Reprint of 1882 original.
SaxoniaBuch, 2020, €27.90, German.
188 pages, paperback, 22.8 x 16.9 cm.
ISBN: 978-3957706751
The Gold Arc: A Study of the Jewellery Industry [in India].
Independently published, 2019, £11.50, Kindle £6.83.
188 pages, paperback, 14 x 21.6 cm.
ISBN: 978-1092913942