This book displays a wide variety of Southwest Indian-made jewelry with many different colors and types of turquoise, presented according to origin and dating from over a hundred years ago up to the present with innovative designs. Men's and women's jewelry is included in belts, bracelets, bolo ties, necklaces, and many other beautiful pieces.
Colorful, large-stone jewelry is a delight to own and wear. This fun of collecting is imaginatively captured in appealing photographs of 1593 pieces of jewelry. A factual text and current price guide complete the collector's experience.
Some of the most beautiful pieces of costume jewelry made since the 1940s are presented in full color photographs. The visual creations are enriched by an introduction by Lawrence Feldman of Fior in London. A value guide is included along with an index to make this book a useful, beautiful guide for collectors.
Imari, Satsuma, Banko and Sumida wares, the best known of the old Japanese export ceramics, are shown here in 600 photos of variations by skilled decorators. Makers' and decorators' marks, unusual shapes, design variations, and hard-to-find examples appear with identifying captions and concise text.
Popular Japanese porcelain of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Kakiemon, Nabeshima, Arita, Hirado, Fukagawa, Imari, Kutani, Satsuma, and individual craftsmen's works. The European-influenced styles of the 20th century, such as Nippon, Noritake, and Occupied Japan, are also presented. Over 500 color photos and well researched text provide the ...
Baskets as functional and art objects, includes over 300 pictures of baskets from all over the United States and abroad. This pictorial survey of splint, wicker, and coil baskets shows them used for storage, decorating, carrying, winnowing, gathering and trapping. They will inspire basket makers, and the up-to-date price guide will be a help to ...
Over 400 color photos and a text rich in facts show important developments in surfing. From its Polynesian and Hawaiian heritage, surfing's popularity grew in California during the 1960s and the wetsuit was an adaptation to cold water conditions. The book is based on the exhibition "He'e Nalu: Wave Riding" presented at the San Francisco Airport ...
This revised 6th edition of the classic reference features all the Matchbox die-cast metal toys made between 1947 and 1982 in color photographs with history of the manufacturers and descriptions of each toy and their variations. Find vehicles in the 1-75 Series, Models of Yesteryear, Major Packs, King Size, Skybusters, Battle Kings, Two-Packs, Sea ...
The fascinating evolution of jewelry designs by Indian artists of the American Southwest is documented in this exciting book. The concise yet highly informative text accompanies color photos of this jewelry. Silver, shell, turquoise, gold, diamonds, and other exotic materials are shown beautifully used in belts, buckles, bracelets, necklaces, men ...
Whimsical and playful, this jewelry portrays animals, people, flowers, birds, fish, insects, ingenious tremblers and duets, and totally imaginary beasts in a style that all can only be described as "fun." Over 400 color photos illustrate over 1000 pieces drawn from many styles and times. Each is carefully described with revised market values, and ...
The pine furniture and tools gathered in this book have come from distant places in Europe, the United Kingdom, and Scandinavia. Painted with cheerful colors, they served every practical function. Over 280 beautiful color photographs show construction details and furniture design of great variety, so popular in homes today.
This special pottery combines the traditions of Pueblo and Navajo artists from Arizona and New Mexico with daring new interpretaions by the modern generation. Bowls, plates ollas, pitchers, and vases by potters in Acoma, Hopi, Jemez, Navajo, San Felipe, San Ildefonso, San Juan, Santa Ana, Zia, and Zuni families are featured along with storytellers ...
In this folk art, representations of recognizable objects occasionally have been a part of Navajo weavings at least since the mid-19th century. Pictorial weavings are shown with new as well as older examples. Here are familiar and imaginary animals, birds, people, religious designs, and multiple weavings of fantastic details, arranged ...
Chinese export porcelains of the late 18th to late 19th centuries are fully discussed in this book. Lists and photography profusely illustrate all of the standard patterns: over 1000 items illustrated in black and white and more than 100 in color. Covers Canton, Fitzhugh, Rose Medallion, Bird and Butterfly, and the other associated patterns.
Now in its fourth edition, this book offers over 1000 examples of highly popular styles of costume jewelry by important designers in 382 color photos. Chanel, Schiaparelli, Boucher, Hobe*, Miriam Haskell, Schreiner, Monet, Trifari, Napier, Sarah Coventry, Hattie Carnegie, Nettie Rosenstein, and Kenneth Jay Lane are included. A current price guide ...
Over 300 tropical shirts, dresses, and bathing suits in the vivid colors and patterns of favorite tropical locations: the South Pacific, Hawaii, California, Florida, Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, the West Indies. Today's graphic designers will find this a source of great ideas; collectors will want them all. Shown also are 163 ...
In this expansive book, over 425 different shirts are displayed in clear color photographs along with an historical text, women's clothing, 20 different button styles, and-for the first time-229 researched manufacturer's and retail labels which help to date and identify the shirts. The success story of aloha shirts, primarily of the 1935 to 1965 ...
What should one know to choose an engagement ring? Learn how to determine what to pay, where diamonds come from, and how to judge them. Learn about colored stones, different metals, and ring settings. Over 160 color photos of antique and modern rings make this the perfect gift for your fiancee, before the ring! Get the book and thank yourself on ...
Over 1000 glorious color photgraphs of Hawaiian-inspired textile designs on shirts that will let you through the pearly gates. Fantastic florals, heavenly Hawaiian designs, gorgeous geometrics, beautiful birds, special surfing scenes, jumping Japanese prints, fabulous fish, luscious landscapes, favorite foods, compulsory cocktails, and plenty of ...
Beginning at the end of the Victorian period, this book takes the reader through the designs and relationships of Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Mexican, Native American, Mid-century Realistic, and Modern Abstract styles right up to the 1990s. Over 700 beautiful color photographs show the details, makers' marks, and fine workmanship of ...
Porcelain dishes made in China for 18th- and 19th- century American families from Maine to South Carolina and west to Mississippi and California are presented with family crests, initials, names, and original decorations.
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