FREE: Jewelry A Pictorial Archive Book 1,000+ Illustrations for Artists Designers

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Jewelry
A Pictorial Archive of Woodcuts & Engravings
Edited by Harold H. Hart
Over 1,000 Copyright-free Illustrations for Artists and Designers
Unabridged, Dover (1981) republication of the revised (1979) edition of the work published by the Hart Publishing Co., Inc. Over 1,000 black-and-white illustrations. Index. List of sources, 144 pages, 9-3/8” X 12-1/4”. Paperbound book. Dover Publications, Inc. New York. ISBN: 0486241610.

Contents
How to Use This Book, The History of Jewelry, Amulets
Armbands
Belts, Buckles, & Clasps
Bracelets
Brooches & Pins
Cameos
Chains
Crosses
Crowns & Tiaras
Earrings
Hair Ornaments & Combs
Medallions
Miscellaneous Jewelry
Necklaces
Pendants
Rings
Watches
Sources, Index

Artists, designers, illustrators, craftspeople, and collectors will find this extraordinary edition to be a rich source of design inspiration for a variety of projects.

These unique specimens – totaling more than 1,000 – have been carefully collected from a wide variety of sources. For the most part, the illustrations have been drawn from original pieces in museums, and private collections; but many others have been reconstructed from portraits of the time, as well as less vivid sources such as advertisements, design illustrations, literary references, even inventories an bills.

Covers 4,000 year period from Ancient Egyptian amulets, Greek armbands, Roman wedding rings, medieval crosses, Renaissance brooches, Victorian pendants, to space-age digital timepieces.

Condition - The book is in good condition. There is shelf wear to the covers with some edge and corner wear. There is a small (1” long) stain on the outside page edges that bleeds a little onto the page edge of the title page. The interior pages are very clean and unmarked. Has a former owner name and year written in ink on the title page.

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