I Love Those Earrings: A Popular History from Ancient to Modern

by Chris Filstrup and Jane Merrill

Earrings can talk of mourning a dead king, supporting a revolution, or resisting an emperor. They have carried the message that a proper Victorian believed in Darwin, and that a woman invited a lover to her bed. Raid the jewelry boxes of the glamorous, legendary, and everyday chic women alike. See what earrings they have worn, when, and why, in ways that bespeak their way of life and personality, and how jewelry carries family and cultural heritage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764345168
• ISBN13: 9780764345166
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.1" x 12.1"