Decorative Arts
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A Royal Renaissance Treasure and its Afterlives: The Royal Clock Salt [Paperback]
Timothy Schroder (Editor); Dora Thornton (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9780861592272
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 227
At centre stage in this volume is the Royal Clock Salt, an exceptional national treasure from the courtly culture of the Renaissance. Most probably made in Paris around 1530 by Pierre Mangot, the royal goldsmith to Francis I, the Clock Salt is som... .... Learn More -
Pots, Prints and Politics: Ceramics with an Agenda, from the 14th to the 20th Century [Paperback]
Patricia Ferguson (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9780861592296
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 229
From the introduction of woodblock printing in China to the development of copper-plate engraving in Europe, the print medium has been used around the world to circulate knowledge. Ceramic artists across time and cultures have adapted these graphi... .... Learn More -
Ceramics in America 2019: Edited by Robert Hunter [Hardback]
Robert Hunter (Editor)
£61.00ISBN: 9780986385759
Published by : Chipstone Foundation
Series: Ceramics in America
Volume: 2019
The 2019 volume of Ceramics in America features exciting new discoveries in the field of American ceramics studies, from an early example of Chinese porcelain found in the New World to previously undocumented green-glazed earthenware made in ... .... Learn More
Iranian Copper, Brass and Bronze: Of the late 14th to the mid-18th centuries in the Collection of the State Hermitage Museum [Hardback]
Anatoli Ivanov (Author)
£29.00ISBN: 9781898592372
Published by : Azimuth Editions
In Western Europe the Golden Age of Islamic metalwork in Iran was (and is) generally considered to be the earlier period, and later metalwork was collected almost by accident and has been correspondingly little studied and poorly published, though... .... Learn More
Personal Ornaments in Prehistory: An Exploration of Body Augmentation from the Palaeolithic to the Early Bronze Age [Paperback]
Emma L. Baysal (Author)
£38.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789252866
Published by : Oxbow Books
Beads, bracelets, necklaces, pendants and many other ornaments are familiar objects that play a fundamental role in personal expression and communication. This book considers how and why the human relationship with ornaments developed and continue... .... Learn More
Ceramics in America 2018 [Hardback]
Robert Hunter (Editor)
£61.00ISBN: 9780986385735
Published by : Chipstone Foundation
Now in its nineteenth year of publication, Ceramics in America is considered the journal of record for historical ceramics scholarship in the American context and is intended for collectors, historical archaeologists, curators, decorative arts stu... .... Learn More
The Ancient Art of Transformation: Case Studies from Mediterranean Contexts [Paperback]
Renee M. Gondek (Editor); Carrie L. Sulosky Weaver (Editor)
£38.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789251043
Published by : Oxbow Books
The Ancient Art of Transformation: Case Studies from Mediterranean Contexts examines instances of human transformation in the ancient and early Christian Mediterranean world by exploring the ways in which art impacts, aids, or provides ev... .... Learn More
American Furniture 2017 [Hardback]
Luke Beckerdite (Editor)
£61.00ISBN: 9780986385728
Published by : Chipstone Foundation
Series: American Furniture Annual
Acknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Begun in 1993, this award-winning annual provides a comprehensive forum on furniture history, tech... .... Learn More
Bejewelled: Men and Jewellery in Tudor and Jacobean England [Paperback]
Natasha Awais-Dean (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9780861592098
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 209
Jewellery is often viewed as a feminine preoccupation, but in Tudor and Jacobean England men wore just as much (if not more) jewellery as their female counterparts. Jewels themselves were valued not merely for their intrinsic monetary worth, but a... .... Learn More
Not Just for Show: The Archaeology of Beads, Beadwork and Personal Ornaments [Hardback]
Daniella Bar-Yosef Mayer (Editor); Clive Bonsall (Editor); Alice M. Choyke (Editor)
£48.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781785706929
Published by : Oxbow Books
Beads, beadwork, and personal ornaments are made of diverse materials such as shell, bone, stones, minerals, and composite materials. Their exploration from geographical and chronological settings around the world offers a glimpse at some of the c... .... Learn More
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