An engaging overview of the changing styles and uses of brooches and badges from the Middle Ages to today, illustrated with rare and luxurious examples.
An engaging overview of the changing styles and uses of brooches and badges from the Middle Ages to today, illustrated with rare and luxurious examples.
Rachel Church is a Curator in the Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics and Glass Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum with a special responsibility for the rings collection. She has published and lectured on jewelry and worked on the re-display of the William and Judith Bollinger Jewellery Gallery. She has contributed to a number of V&A publications, including writing on gold boxes in The Gilbert Collection at the V&A (2009).
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Introduction . 1. 'Send...letters, tokens, brooches, and ranges' 1000 1500 . 2. 'Rich Apparell, precious Jewells' 1500 1800 . 3. 'Any number of brooches, up and down and everywhere' 1800 1900 . 4. 'The new jewel has been born' 1900 1920 . 5. 'Clips are going like wildfire' 1920 1940 . 6. 'Almost anything goes' 1940 1960 . 7. 'Precious stones have won their freedom' 1960 1990 . 8. 'The shock of beauty' 1990 The Present . References; Glossary; Further Reading; Notes; Major Collections Featuring Brooches and Badges Acknowledgments; Author's Biography; Index
Introduction . 1. 'Send...letters, tokens, brooches, and ranges' 1000 1500 . 2. 'Rich Apparell, precious Jewells' 1500 1800 . 3. 'Any number of brooches, up and down and everywhere' 1800 1900 . 4. 'The new jewel has been born' 1900 1920 . 5. 'Clips are going like wildfire' 1920 1940 . 6. 'Almost anything goes' 1940 1960 . 7. 'Precious stones have won their freedom' 1960 1990 . 8. 'The shock of beauty' 1990 The Present . References; Glossary; Further Reading; Notes; Major Collections Featuring Brooches and Badges Acknowledgments; Author's Biography; Index
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