Product Description

This book - according to the Antiques Roadshow's jewelry expert Geoffrey Munn - is 'an essential for every student and collector of jewelry, irrespective of their particular interest or budget'. Featuring over 1,500 colour, specially commissioned illustrations of all kinds and styles of jewelry from 1900 to 2000, the book is arranged in 20-year sections, with every picture accompanied by a full description.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #332328 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 144 pages

About the Author
John Peacock was for many years a prominent BBC costume designer. His unique series of costume and fashion sketchbooks, including most recently Fashion Accessories: The Complete 20th Century Sourcebook, are enormously successful.

Customer Reviews

a big dissapointment
This book, although extensive was a complete waste of money. There are no photographs in this book. Only -mediocre quality- illustrations. Page upon page of drawings with many different styles, but since they are drawings, it is impossible to distinguish the details- If you know anything about costume jewellery then this book is not for you. Details like, which type of finding was used, quality of stones, metal finishes; clasps etc ...all go to waste. The only use that this might have is to identify styles- although even this is limiting since you will not be able to use this to distinguish between copies or original. If you would like to buy a book about different styles I would recommend "collection Costume jewelry"101 and 202 by Julia C Carrol.

another gem
This is another lovely book from John Peacock,this has hundreds of coloured detailed pictures covering everything from 1900 to 1999 that you could possible wish to see about brooches, pins, earings, necklaces rings, hair ornaments and combs.
As with John Peacocks Fashion books the detailed drawings are followed with detailed written descriptions. A fantastic source book, but also a lovely book to browse through and use for art projects.
If you like his work I would also recommend The complete fashion sourcebook by John Peacock. All great value for money and books I will treasure.

Great Source of Inspiration
I wanted a book for inspiration in design and this book does exactly that. The illustrations are stunning and it only takes a little imagination to know what the original piece would be like.

Beautiful earrings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches, rings and even hair accessories illustrated per decade. There are even some examples of jewellery for men!

If you are expert in these things then maybe it's not for you but as a relative beginner in jewellery design/making like me this book is perfect.