Hardcover cloth (grey) over boards with complete d/j. 4to. 432 pp. Illustrated with 379 plates in a mix of b/w and full colour on semigloss paper, including full-page and close detail photographs. Second printing. Gilt stamped title on front cover and spine. Book is clean, unmarked, and square. Dustjacket (photographic) shows minor shelfwear, primarily at the top of the spine, but the photographs on the front and back are still strikingly vibrant and clear.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Tiaras: A History of Splendor

Publisher

Antique Collectors' Club, Printed in Italy

Publication Date

2002

Language

English

ISBN 10

1851493751

ISBN 13

9781851493753

Binding

Cloth

Edition

First edition.

Condition

Very fine.

Dust Jacket Condition

Very good.

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Decorative Arts & Design

About this title

Synopsis

Tiaras have always inspired a great fascination and the most beautiful and influential women have been painted, photographed and admired whilst wearing them. Even in the twenty-first century they are still worn and continue to inspire special poise and elegance. This lavishly illustrated book includes new photographs of a variety of Royal tiaras together with those of French and Russian Imperial provenances. Geoffrey Munn has been granted special access to the photographic archives of many famous jewellers, including Cartier, Boucheron and Faberg,, for his research. Other makers include Castellani, Fouquet, Garrards, Giuliano, Lalique, and Tiffany. Among the contemporary pieces illustrated are tiaras belonging to Jamie Lee Curtis, Vivienne Westwood, Elton John and Madonna, made by Slim Barratt, Galliano and Versace.

About the Author

Geoffrey Munn is the Managing Director of Wartski Ltd, a firm of antique dealers in London specialising in European precious metalwork. He is co-author of Pre-Raphaelite to Arts and Crafts Jewellery and author of both Castellani and Giuliano - Revivalist Jewellers of the 19th Century and The Triumph of Love - Jewellery 1530-1930. He is also the jewellery specialist on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow.

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