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Contemporary Jewelry Design Books

Jewellers: The Directory - Association For Contemporary Jewellery 2009

From Hand to Hand: Passing on Skill and Know How in Contemporary European Jewelry (English-French Edition) - Carole Guinard, Liesbeth den Besten, Monica Gaspar 2008

Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection - Cindi Strauss 2007

Jewelry Design - Carissa Kowalski Dougherty 2008

GlassWear: Glass in Contemporary Jewelry - Ursula Ilse-Neuman 2007

A View by Two - Liisa Silander

A View by Two: Contemporary Jewelry - Liisa Silander 2001

One of a Kind American Art Jewelry Today - Susan Grant Lewin

Bejeweled: Great Designers, Celebrity Style - Penny Proddow & Marion Fasel 2001

Bijoux Belges Contemporains - Contemporary Belgian Jewellery - Johan Valke 1992

Body Jewelry - Donald Wilcox

Brooching it Diplomatically: A Tribute to Madeleine K. Albright - Helen W. Drutt 1998

Concepts, Comments, Commentaries, Dutch Jewellery 1967-1987 - Liesbeth den Besten
Contemporary American Jewelry Design - Ettagale Blauer - 1991
Contemporary Crafts of the Americas - Nilda Getty

Contemporary Japanese Jewelry - Simon Fraser 2002

Contemporary Jewelry - Philip Morton 1970
Contemporary jewelry: A critical assessment 1945-75 - Ralph Turner 1976

Contemporary Jewellery: The Padua School - Gioielleria Contemporanea - Graziella Folchini Grassetto 2005

Contemporary Jewellery in Australia and New Zealand - Patricia Anderson 1998

Contemporary Jewellery: The Australian experience, 1977-1987 - Patricia Anderson 1988

Crocheted Wire Jewelry : Innovative Designs & Projects by Leading Artists - Arline Fisch - 2006

Design 1935-1965, What Modern Was - Paul Johnson, Martin Eidelberg 2001

Design since 1945 - Peter Dormer 1993, reprint 2001

Esempi di Decorazione Moderna di Tutto il Mondo:Gioielli, Sbalzi, Argenti - Roberto Aloi 1954

Jewellery and Gemstones: An Investor's and Connoisseur's Guide - Claude Mazloum 1991

Jewelries/Epiphanies - Sarah Bodine & Michael Dunas

Jewelry in Europe and America: New Times, New Thinking - Ralph Turner 1996

Jewelry of our Time - Helen Drutt - 1995
Jewels of Mind and Mentality Dutch Jewelry Design 1950-2000 - Yvònne G.J.M. Joris 2000
Modern American jewelry: 1940-1970 - Sarah Bodine 1990
Modern jewelry: An international survey, 1890-1967 - Graham Hughes 1968

New Directions in Jewellery - Jivan Astfalck, Caroline Broadhead, Paul Derrez - 2005

New Directions in Jewellery II - Amy Sackville 2007

The New Jewelry: Trends and Traditions - Peter Dormer, Ralph Turner 1986

The New Jewelry: Trends & Traditions - Peter Dormer, Ralph Turner revised 1994

New Traditions, the Evolution of Jewellery 1966-1985 - Caroline Broadhead

Schmuck Der Moderne by Fritz Falk

Schmuck Der Moderne: 1960-1998, Modern Jewellery - Fritz Falk 1999

Structure and Ornament, American Modernist Jewelry 1940-1960 - Mark Isaacson & Mark Foley
The Art of Jewelry - Graham Hughes 1972
The Art and Crafts Movement - Wendy Kaplan & Elizabeth Cumming

The Best of Contemporary Jewellery - David Watkins 1994

The New Look Design in the Fifties - Lesley Jackson

20th Century British Jewellery 1900-1980 - Peter Hinks
20th Century Jewelry - Barbara Cartlidge 1985

Historical

7000 Years of Jewellery (UK Edition)

Amulets of Ancient Egypt - Carol Andrews - 1994

Ancient Egyptian Jewelry - Carol Andrews 1991
Ancient Gold: The Wealth Of The Thracians Treasures From The Republic Of Bulgaria - Ivan Marazov 1997
The Ancient Gold of Kazakhstan - K. Akishev 1983
Ancient Jewelry from the Museum's Collection - Tony Hackens - RISD 1976

An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry - Harold Newman

Antiker Gold-Und Silberschmuck - Herbert Hoffman &Vera von Claer 1968
Antique and Twentieth Century Jewellery, A Guide for Collectors - Vivienne Becker 1987
Antique Jewelry with Prices - Doris J. Snell
Art Deco Fashion and Jewelry: Centuries of Style - Ed. By Clare Haworth-Maden
Bengel Art Deco Jewellery: A Monument to Jewellery and Industry in Idar-Oberstein - Wilhelm Lindemann 2007

305 Authentic Art Nouveau Jewelry Designs - Maurice Dufrene

Art Nouveau Fantasy Animal Jewelry Designs - B. Krieger

Art Nouveau Jewellery by Fritz Falk

Art Nouveau Jewellery - Fritz Falk 1999

Art Nouveau Jewelry by Vivienne Becker

Art Nouveau Jewelry - Vivienne Becker 1985

Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry - Yvonne Markowitz, Elyse Karlin - 2008

Bedazzled: 5000 Years of Jewelry - the Walters Art Museum - Sabine Albersmeier 2005

Bejewelled by Tiffany 1837-1987 - Clare Phillips 2006

Collector's Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewelry: Identification & Values - Jeanenne C. Bell 1998
Gold and Silver of Ancient Italy - Carlo Carducci 1963
The Gold of Meroe - Karl-Heinz Priese 1993
The Gold of Troy: Searching for Homer's Fabled City - Vladimir Tolstikov & Mikhail Treister 1996
Greek Gold: Jewelry from the Age of Alexander - Herbert Hoffman & Patricia Davidson 1965
A History of Jewelry, 1100-1870 - Joan Evans 1953
A History of Jewels - Anderson Black
I Monili Dall'Area Vesuviana - Antonio D'Ambrosio & Ernesto De Carolis 1997
Interpreting the Past: Ancient Jewellery - Jack Ogden 1992

Jeweled Garden: A Colorful History of Gems, Jewelry and Nature - Suzanne Tennenbaum, Janet Zapata 2006

Jewelry Design Source Book - Ed. By Diana Scarisbrick

Jewelry: From Antiquity to the Present - Clare Phillips 1996

Jewellery - Harold Clifford Smith
Jewellery and Gem Craft - Pownall
Jewellery, 1789-1910: The International Era, Vol. 1 - Shirley Bury
Jewellery, 1789-1910: The International Era, Vol. 2 - Shirley Bury
Jewellery & Gemstones: An Investor's & Connoisseur's Guide - Claude Mazloum
Jewellery Design in the 21st Century - Claude Mazloum
Jewellery from Classical Lands - Reynold Higgins 1969
Jewellery Moves: Ornament for the 21st Century - Amanda Game, Elizabeth Joring
The Jewellery of Roman Britain: Celtic and Classical Traditions - Catherine Johns 1996
Jewelry and Amber of Italy: A Collection in the National Museum of Naples - Rodolfo Siviero 1959

Jewels and Jewelry - Clare Phillips 2000

Jewels: A Secret History - Victoria Finlay 2006

Jewels of the Pharaohs: Egyptian Jewellery of the Dynastic Period - Cyril Aldred 1971, 1978

Jewels of the Tsars: The Romanoffs and Imperial Russia - Prince Michael of Greece - 2006

The Master Jewelers - A. Kenneth Snowman 1990

Masterpieces Of American Jewelry - Judith Price 2004

Masterpieces of French Jewelry - Judith Price 2006

Paris Salons Vol 1: Jewellery A-K - Alastair Duncan 1995
The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession - Peter L. Bernstein 2000
Pre-Raphaelite to Arts and Crafts Jewellery - C. Gere & G.C. Munn
The Queen's Jewels: The Personal Collection of Elizabeth II - Leslie Field
Renaissance Jewellery - Yvonne Hackenbroch 1979
Roman Jewellery: A Collection of the National Archaeological Museum - Sofia -Ljudmila Ruseva-Slokoska 1991
The Triumph of Love: Jewelry, 1530-1930 - Geoffrey C. Munn
Warman's Jewelry - Christie Romero
Victorian Jewelry - Nancy Armstrong 1976

Silver

500 Metal Vessels: Contemporary Explorations of Containment - Lark Boooks 2007

A Connoisseur's Guide to Antique Silver - Ronald Pearsall
Silver in America 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor - Charles L. Venable
Silverware of the 20th Century: The Top 250 Patterns - Harry L. Rinker
Women Silversmiths, 1685-1845: Works from the Collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts - P. Glanville & J.F. Goldsborough

Costume and Fashion Jewelry

Collecting Rhinestone & Colored Stone Jewelry, 3rd Edition: An Identification & Value Guide - Maryanne Dolan

Fabulous Costume Jewelry: History of Fantasy and Fashion in Jewels - Vivienne Becker

Jewels of Fantasy: Costume Jewelry of the 20th Century - Deanna Farneti Cera 1992

Kenneth Jay Lane: Faking It

An international listing of contemporary jewelry, jewellery, joaillerie, bijoux, bijouterie, schmuck, juwelen, gioielleria, smykker, joyeria, juveler, jalokivikorut, korut, juwelierswerk, juvelerarbejde, klenoty, artists and designers.