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Baubles, Buttons and Beads: The Heritage of Bohemia
Sibylle Jargstorf
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Description for Baubles, Buttons and Beads: The Heritage of Bohemia
Paperback. With hundreds of illustrated examples, this groundbreaking book explores the jewels, craftsmanship, technological development, and history of Bohemia. Gorgeous color photos show the area's artistry, its most significant designers and manufacturers, and their contributions to the art of jewelry, button, and bead making. Num Pages: 176 pages, 384 color photos. BIC Classification: 1DVK; JFCK; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 828. The Heritage of Bohemia. 176 pages, 384 color photos. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DVK; JFCK; WC. Dimension: 275 x 196 x 15. Weight: 814.
For 500 years, the world's greatest makers of costume jewelry have hidden, anonymous, in the heart of Europe: Gablonz, Bohemia. This groundbreaking, beautiful book exposes the jewels, craftsmanship, technological development, and history of Bohemia. Almost 400 gorgeous color photographs illustrate the area's artistry, its most significant designers and manufacturers and their contributions to the art of jewelry, button, and bead making. Bohemian glass dynasties lasted for centuries, until the middle of the 20th century, when the entire community of German-stock craftsmen was expelled from the area in the turbulence of World War II. Though Gablonz will forever feel the loss ... Read more
For 500 years, the world's greatest makers of costume jewelry have hidden, anonymous, in the heart of Europe: Gablonz, Bohemia. This groundbreaking, beautiful book exposes the jewels, craftsmanship, technological development, and history of Bohemia. Almost 400 gorgeous color photographs illustrate the area's artistry, its most significant designers and manufacturers and their contributions to the art of jewelry, button, and bead making. Bohemian glass dynasties lasted for centuries, until the middle of the 20th century, when the entire community of German-stock craftsmen was expelled from the area in the turbulence of World War II. Though Gablonz will forever feel the loss ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887404672
SKU
V9780887404672
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About Sibylle Jargstorf
A long-time admirer of their work, Mrs. Jargstorf is also the author of Paperweights and Glass in Jewelry. She resides in her native Germany.
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