Decorative Arts
QUILTS AND COLOR: THE PILGRIM/ROY COLLECTION
Quilts and Color presents more than 60 graphically bold American quilts from the Pilgrim/Roy Collection, one of the finest and largest collections of quilts in the world.
LOVER'S EYES: EYE MINIATURES FROM THE SKIER COLLECTION
Written by Shushan, Elle
Until the early 2000s, little had been written about eye miniatures or "Lover's Eyes", and their short-lived popularity at the end of the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-centuries, when hand-painted portraits of single human eyes were set in jewelry, or created to memorialize a deceased loved one.
JEWELS OF THE NILE: ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TREASURES FROM THE WORCESTER ART MUSEUM
Written by Markowitz, Yvonne J
Jewels of the Nile celebrates the very first time that the Worcester Art Museum's internationally important collection of Egyptian jewelry - which has undergone conservation and cleaning - has been shown together. This strikingly illustrated book introduces the reader to the collection of an early 20th century Boston couple with a passion for ancient Egypt.
LINDQUIST LEGACY: A HISTORY OF THE US STUDIO WOODTURNING MOVEMENT
Written by Robinson, Seri C
The first book about Mark Lindquist's impact on the rise of woodworking from the studio craft movement to high art. Carefully researched and beautifully illustrated, this history reveals a clearer understanding of the art of woodturning and its current position in the United States artistic heritage.
JEAN DUNAND
Written by Marcihac, Felix
- The only comprehenive monograph on Jean Dunand, key figure in the Art Deco movement, with 2000 works presented A key figure in the Art Deco movement, artist Jean Dunand (1877-1942) stands out for his multiple talents as a sculptor, goldsmith, copper maker, but also lacquerer, bookbinder and decorator.
JEWELRY STORIES: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COLLECTION 1947-2019
- World-class collection of artist jewelry from the MAD, New York - More than 40 'stories' explain the artists' contributions to their field - Highlights from eight decades of jewelry art Jewelry Stories highlights the Museum of Arts and Design's unique, world-class collection of studio and contemporary art jewelry from the US, Europe, Australia, and Asia, a medium that comprises one-third of its
QUIET ELEGANCE: THE JEWELRY OF ELEANOR MOTY
Written by Pepich, Bruce W
- First complete overview of Eleanor Moty's oeuvre - Masterful compositions with gems and metalwork - Six decades of jewelry from America Eleanor Moty (b. 1945) from the US is a seminal figure in the field of contemporary international studio jewelry.
TADEMA GALLERY LONDON: JEWELLERY FROM THE 1860S TO 1960S
Written by Newell-Smith, Sonya
- A century of jewelry history in one stunning volume - More than 200 hallmarks help collectors with identifying pieces - Exceptional pieces from Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Modernist and Revivalist jewels Tadema Gallery was founded in 1978 by Sonya and David Newell-Smith in London's famed Camden Passage in Islington.
IN FLUX: AMERICAN JEWELRY AND THE COUNTERCULTURE
Written by Strauss, Cindi
- The story of American counterculture from the perspective of jewelry-making- The zeitgeist of 1960s and 1970s USA condensed in book formIn the 1960s and 1970s, a generation of young Americans rejected the promise of prosperity and the suburban dream embraced by their parents.
WASHI TRANSFORMED: NEW EXPRESSIONS IN JAPANESE PAPER
Written by Goodall, Hollis
- The first book to explore washi as a medium for contemporary art - The book reveals the contemporary possibilities - as well as the time-honored essence - of a cultural tradition that has been deeply connected with art and life in Japan for more than a millennium - Collectively, the photographs represent a new concept of washi as they have never been published together before.