Contemporary Sailors' Valentines: Romance Revisited

by Pamela Boynton

Here are new, contemporary perspectives on a craft from the 1800s, including eighteen top artists' insights about Sailors' Valentines plus more than 300 photos of their exquisite work. This collection shows how the once-obscure Victorian-era craft has gained its steadily-increasing popularity today. Sailors' Valentines, amazing mosaics of finely-crafted shell work usually set in an octagonal box, were originally created as gifts for the loved ones...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764351028
• ISBN13: 9780764351020
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 12.1"