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Emerald
Jonathan Self
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Description for Emerald
Hardcover. Opens with a series of images of style icons historic and modern wearing their favoured emerald jewelry. This book showcases more than forty of the worlds most significant and famous pieces of emerald jewelry, including many previously unseen designs from private and royal collections. Num Pages: 256 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 323 x 262 x 38. Weight in Grams: 3294.
Lavishly illustrated and exquisitely deisgned, this book opens with a stunning series of images of style icons - historic and modern - wearing their favoured emerald jewelry. As befits a prized gemstone that is twenty times rarer than diamond, here we see together, for the first time, pieces worn by celebrities ranging from filmstars to royalty, all alongside classic images of emeralds from art, advertising and fashion, celebrated in a text by Franca Sozzani, editor of Vogue Italia . The second part of this major volume showcases more than forty of the world's most significant and famous pieces of emerald ... Read more
Lavishly illustrated and exquisitely deisgned, this book opens with a stunning series of images of style icons - historic and modern - wearing their favoured emerald jewelry. As befits a prized gemstone that is twenty times rarer than diamond, here we see together, for the first time, pieces worn by celebrities ranging from filmstars to royalty, all alongside classic images of emeralds from art, advertising and fashion, celebrated in a text by Franca Sozzani, editor of Vogue Italia . The second part of this major volume showcases more than forty of the world's most significant and famous pieces of emerald ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
3293g
Number of Pages
326
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500517208
SKU
V9780500517208
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Jonathan Self
Jonathan Self has been passionate about emeralds and their enigma for more than thirty years. He has written for The Times, Country Life and Vanity Fair, and is the author of over a dozen books. Joanna Hardy was senior specialist in the Jewelry Department at Sotheby's London. In 2006 she masterminded and launched `London Rocks', a pioneering exhibition of contemporary ... Read more
Reviews for Emerald
'Lavish ... colour photos make palpable the jaw-dropping opulence of the 187-carat Mackay Emerald and other historic pieces' - Sotheby's Magazine 'With its rich, emerald silk cover and gold-foil blocking, Emerald is one of the season's most covetable coffee-table additions' - Financial Times 'Glittering' - Wall Street Journal 'Stunningly illustrated, with contributions from Vogue Italia editor Franca Sozzani, author Jonathan ... Read more