Art of Turquoise - Hardcover

Emmerling, Mary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1423616308 ISBN 13: 9781423616306

Publisher: Gibbs Smith, 2011

Synopsis

In honor of the color of calm.

Turquoise and silver is an icon of the American Southwest. For generations, people have ogled these gemstones in pawn shops, jewelry shops and antiques stores, looking for a special piece of Native American jewelry that speaks to their heart. Southwest jewelry is now valued and collected around the world.

Photographs of collectible pieces reveal what the attraction is about. Whether in shades of pale aqua or deeper aquamarine, blue or jade green, Mary Emmerling reveals that the collector's hunt is about color. And beyond jewelry, the color turquoise appears throughout the Southwest in architecture and decoration. After all, it's the color of calm.

Mary Emmerling is the maven of American country style. She is the author of Art of Turquoise plus a series of books on American country decorating. Her most recent book is Eclectic Country. She divides her time between Santa Fe and Phoenix.

Jim Arndt is author of How to Be a Cowboy and photographed Art of Turquoise as well as several Cowboy Boot books. He lives in Santa Fe.

About this title

About the Author:

One of the best-known names in American decorating, Mary Emmerling is the author of twenty books, many of them part of her American Country series. She is creative director of Country Home magazine and host of the Country at Home series on HGTV as well as a designer and collector. She lives in Des Moines, Iowa; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Phoenix, Arizona.

Jim Arndt is the author of How to Be a Cowboy and coauthor with Mary Emmerling of Art of the Cross, Art of Turquoise, Art of the Skull and Art of the Heart. He coauthored several Cowboy Boot books. He lives in Santa Fe.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

Everybody collects something! The sterling silver Navajo spoons initially look like a matching set, but each has a different design. Jewelry on display means you can enjoy it all the time and also remember to wear it.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1423616308
• ISBN 13: 9781423616306
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 112