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.
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Impulse Impulses. 30 years of the Gold and Silversmiths' Craft Trust Schwäbisch Gmünd

Conrad Stütz, Barbara Baumann.

Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2018, €34.

144 pages, hardback, 21 x 29.7 cm, English, German.

ISBN: 978-3897905276

Published in association with an exhibition at Schwäbisch Gmünd

Metal Jewellery of the Southern Levant and its Western Neighbours: Cross-Cultural Influences in the Early Iron Age Eastern Mediterranean.

J.A.Verduci.

Peeters Publishers, 2018, £123.42.

435 pages, hardback, 21.8 x 30.2 cm.

ISBN: 978-9042935365

Published in the Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement Series.

Joyería en Navarra 1550-1900.

Ignacio Migéliz Valcarlos.

Cátedra de Patrimonio y Arte Navarro, 2018, price.

98 pages, paperback, 22 x 19.5 cm, Spanish.

ISBN 978-8480816243

Free pdf to download from unav.edu/documents

Magical Gems In their Contexts. Proceedings of the International Workshop held in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 16-18 February 2012.

Kata Endreffy, Arpád Miklós Nagy, Jeffrey Spier.

L'Erma di Bretschneider, Rome, 2019, €230.

382 pages, paperback, 16.9 x 23.9 cm.

ISBN: 978-8891312976.

Pdf, €184, ISBN: 978-8891313003

Pueblo Bead Jewelry: Living Design.

Paula A. Baxter.

Schiffer, 2018, $34.99.

160 pages, hardback, 9 x 11.2 inches.

ISBN: 978-0764355851

Fabergé: The McFerrin Collection: The Opulence Continues…

Dorothy McFerrin.

ACC Art Books, 2017, $175.

192 pages, hardback, 9.6 x 12.1 inches.

ISBN: 978-0692762172

Contemporary Traditions: in Native American Jewelry.

Katie McClain and Michael Richarme.

Independently published, 2019, $9.95.

36 pages, paperback, 21.6 x 21.6 cm.

ISBN: 978-1791985516

Bijoux: Le corps sublimé.

Mélanie Holcomb.

Citadelles et Mazenod, 2018, €69.

272 pages, hardback, 23.3 x 26.1 cm, French.

ISBN: 978-2850887826

Published in association with an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Catalogue d'une jolie réunion de bijoux anciens (1872).

Digital reprint, 22 pages, paperback, 15.6 x 23.4 cm, French.

ISBN: 978-2329255170

25 Reasons why to wear Jewellery.

Barbara Schmidt.

Author, 2018, €25.

188 pages, paperback.

ISBN: 978-3982051215

25 Gründe Schmuck zu tragen

German-language version, ISBN: 978-3982051208

Metamorphosen: 250 Jahre Goldstadt Pforzheim: Geschichte, Geschichten und Perspektiven.

Iris Wimmer-Olbort.

Untitled Verlag u.Agentur, 2016, €28.

200 pages, hardback, 21.8 x 30.4 cm, German.

ISBN: 978-3981817102

Published in association with an exhibition at the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim.

The Gold of Sakdrisi: Man's first gold mining enterprise.

Irina Gambashidze, Thomas Stöllner.

VML Verlag Marie Leidorf, Rahden/Westfalen, 2016, €19.80.

174 pages, hardback, 17.4 x 24.9 cm, English, Georgian.

ISBN: 978-3867570114

A publication of the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum

Fabergé: His Masters and Artisans.

Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm.

Unicorn, 2018, £30.

272 pages, hardback, 26.7 x 22.9 cm.

ISBN: 978-1911604204

Faberge Rediscovered.

Wilfried Zeisler.

D Giles Ltd, 2018, $44.95.

224 pages, hardback, 9.8 x 10.8 inches.

ISBN: 978-1911282167

Published in association with an exhibition at the Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, WA

Les plus beaux bijoux de femmes joaillières.

Juliet Weir-de La Rochefoucauld (SJH member).

Editions La Bibliothèque des Arts, 2017, €85.

360 pages, hardback, 28.9 x 34.4 cm, French.

ISBN: 978-2884532082

Jewellery: From Art Nouveau to 3D Printing.

Alba Cappelieri.

Skira Editore, 2018, £50.

264 pages, hardback, 24.1 x 27.9 cm.

ISBN: 978-8857237374

Jean Schlumberger: The Rachel Lambert Mellon Collection from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Kristie Couser.

Yale University Press, 2018, $30.

120 pages, hardback, 10.5 x 11 inches.

ISBN: 978-0300238747

Published in association with an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg FL

Looking at Jewelry: A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques.

Susanne Gänsicke, Yvonne J. Markowitz.

J. Paul Getty Museum, 2019, $19.95.

128 pages, paperback, 6.2 x 9.2 inches.

ISBN: 978-1606065990

The History of Jewelry: Joseph Saidian & Sons.

Caroline Childers.

Rizzoli, 2018, $35.

176 pages, hardback, 9 x 11.2 inches.

ISBN: 978-0847865383

Gems in the Early Modern World: Materials, Knowledge and Global Trade, 1450-1800.

Michael Bycroft, Sven Dupré.

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, £89.99.

380 pages, hardback, 15.9 x 21.6 cm.

ISBN: 978-3319963785

Under Another Light: Jewels and Ornaments. Gianfranco Ferré.

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.

Schmuckstücke: Schmuck in München.

Susanne Perk-Kuhlmann.

089-Verlag, (Landmark Notes), 2016, €15.80.

126 pages, paperback, 13 x 17.5 cm, German.

ISBN: 978-3000549076

East Meets West: Jewels of the Maharajas from the Al Thani Collection.

Martin Chapman.

Prestel Verlag GmbH & Co, 2018, £29.99.

176 pages, hardback, 24.9 x 27.5 cm.

ISBN: 978-3791357836

Published in association with an exhibition at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco

Das Silber des Mondes. L'argent de la lune. Bijoux berbères d’Algerie. La Collection Zanotti.

Makilam, Helke Kammerer-Grothaus.

Makilam.com, 2015, €29.80.

184 pages, paperback, 21 x 29.5 cm, German, French.

ISBN: 978-1326374976

The Complete Content Cameos.

Martin Henig, Helen Molesworth.

Brepols N.V, 2018, €150.

412 pages, hardback, 22.5 x 30 cm.

ISBN: 978-2503578965

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