Clasps: 4,00 [Four Thousand] Years of Fasteners in Jewellery
by Tabakhova, Anna; Charonnat, Valerie (Translation); Jurnecka, Sheri (Linguistic and Technical Consultant)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 2953521852
- ISBN 13
- 9782953521856
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
France: Editions Terracol, 2017. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First English Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. [8]-285 pages. Index. Sumptuously illustrated with colour photos and illustrations upon glossy stock. "At the crossroads of art book, historical research and technical manual, a book designed as a jewellery walk through time and space. From the Early Bronze Age to Fine Jewellery, 4,700 years surveyed, 32 historians consulted, 22 museums involved; 76 contributors, jewellers, artists and designers from 30 countries. Four millennia of inventiveness in jewellery are unveiled and illustrated with unpublished photographs; the operation of an ancient Egyptian clasp and the origin of the box clasp are finally revealed." - back board. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. No just jacket, apparently as issued. An excellent copy of this very attractive and highly informative work. 10" x 8.75"..
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- Title
- Clasps: 4,00 [Four Thousand] Years of Fasteners in Jewellery
- Author
- Tabakhova, Anna; Charonnat, Valerie (Translation); Jurnecka, Sheri (Linguistic and Technical Consultant)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First English Edition
- ISBN 10
- 2953521852
- ISBN 13
- 9782953521856
- Publisher
- Editions Terracol
- Place of Publication
- France
- Date Published
- 2017
- Keywords
- jewellery - history, jewellery - technology, clasps, Egyptian clasp, box clasp
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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