Jewelry & Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition

by Elyse Zorn Karlin

Overview

This book provides the best study of Art and Crafts style jewelry and metalwork to date. Devised late in the 19th century as a reaction to industrialized manufacturing, the Arts and Crafts movement stressed naturalistic materials, designs and techniques. The book begins with the British movement and traces the roots of this "new art" including its characteristics, materials, motifs, influences and makers' marks. Biographical sketches are provided for over 240 of the most influential British designers/jewelers/metalworkers, with discussions of the guilds, schools and commercial firms. In over 700 photographs, nearly 400 in glorious color, the success of these designs to provide fascinating and beautiful objects is demonstrated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764318986
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	02/20/2004
Edition description:	2nd edition, revised
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Elyse Zorn Karlin has been collecting antiques and jewelry for nearly thirty years. She lives outside New York City with her husband and son in an Arts and Crafts period house.

Editorial Reviews

An opulent celebration of the movement that began to stir in the late 19th c. as a reaction against industrialized manufacturing. Largely graphic, with hundreds of excellent color plates, the work chiefly treats jewelry--Karlin's forte--of England and the Isles (130 pp.), the continent (65 pp.), the U.S. (25 pp.) and Australia. Contains a glossary, list of hallmarks, dealers, museums, auction houses, and a few of the prices brought at auction. Among the best of this fine publisher's antiques and collectables books. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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