The Story of the Pearl

Caroline Young (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2023
OH (Verlag)
9781838611422 (ISBN)

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This is the 4,000-year-old history of the pearl, but also includes detailed practical information on collecting, buying and wearing pearls.

For its luminescent beauty and timeless elegance, the pearl has been prized for centuries, from ancient civilizations and royalty to society girls and Hollywood celebrities. Not only a symbol of wealth, status and power, this rare gem is a moon-like talisman associated with healing, protection and purity.

Weaving myth and history, art and literature, the sacred and the secular, this book unfolds the fascinating 4,000-year-old story of the pearl, including tales of pearl-divers in the Pacific, the jewellery of ancient Rome and legendary pearls such as the 500-year-old La Peregrina and the 14-pound Pearl of Allah. Here you will learn of the various types of pearls, both cultured and costume styles, how to wear and care for them, as well as pearls in popular culture and in fashions through the ages.

Caroline Young is a writer and author specialising in fashion, pop culture and film history. Originally from Edinburgh, her works include Hitchcock's Heroines, What Coco Chanel Can Teach You About Fashion, The It Girls: Glamor, Celebrity and Scandal, and Welbeck's The Colour of Fashion, Audrey in Paris, and Little Book of Chloé. She lives in Edinburgh, UK.

Introduction • Ancient History • Natural and Cultured Pearls • Royal Gemstones • Legendary Pearls • Pearls in Fashion • Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	25.05.2023
Zusatzinfo	illus
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 182 mm
Gewicht	400 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
ISBN-13	9781838611422 / 9781838611422
Zustand	Neuware