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Angels’ Tears or Gems of the Ocean – Pearls in the History of Jewellery

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Published: 29.05.2013
Angels’ Tears or Gems of the Ocean – Pearls in the History of Jewellery.
Cornelie Holzach
Isabel Schmidt-Mappes
Edited by:
Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim
Edited at:
Pforzheim
Technical data:
96 pages, softcover, colour illustrations, texts in German and English, 20 x 25 cm
ISBN / ISSN:
978-3-933924-15-5
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Pearls have always been objects of desire. The book illustrates the multifaceted ways of using pearls to create jewellery and the skilled craftsmanship involved.
Of delicate beauty as well as extremely rare and thus immensely valuable, pearls have always been objects of desire. By means of historical as well as contemporary examples, the book, published to accompany the corresponding exhibition, illustrates the multifaceted ways of using pearls to create jewellery and the skilled craftsmanship involved.
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