Flora: The Art of Jewelry

by Patrick Mauriès and Evelyne Posseme

For many centuries, flowers have provided a source of inspiration for jewelers. The sumptuous selection of floral pieces in this book have all been selected from the magnificent jewelry collection of the Mus e des Arts D coratifs in Paris, and range from the seventeenth century to the present day.

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, flowers were imitated in enamel or used as motifs for elaborate bodice ornaments made of gemstones...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500519420
• ISBN13: 9780500519424
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.7"