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| Bedazzled: 5000 Years of Jewelry--The Walters Art Museum | 
 enlarge | Author: Sabine Albersmeier
Publisher: D. Giles Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: $10.95
Buy New: $6.75
You Save: $4.20 (38%)
New (6) Used (3) from $6.75
Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 33172
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 64
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 6.9 x 0.3
ISBN: 1904832164
Dewey Decimal Number: 739
EAN: 9781904832164
ASIN: 1904832164
Publication Date: July 5, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new. Never been read. Gift quality.
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Product Description
This book presents a wonderful selection of jewelry dating from the 2nd millenium B.C. to the turn of the 20th century. Fifty key items of jewelry are presented, each illustrated in color, many with color details. Each object is accompanied by information on date, maker and region. Specific terminology, when used, is
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| Customer Reviews:
 Inspirational Little Treasure August 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the kind of book you need when looking for inspiration. The pictures are big, crisp, and splendid. Each one contains detailed information about the size, material, and date of the piece. The variety of the pieces shows the true passion of the musseum owner for jewelry.
Keen Eye of a Collector June 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A tiny little reference book loaded with a lot of history. Shows photographs of gold pieces dating back to 2BC to the 19th and 20th Centuries, collected by Henry Walters, now on exhibit. Better than anything you'll see at any of the Egyptian exhibits touring about, and an up close look at specific pieces that defined the history of jewelry.
 wouldn't buy again... November 3, 2007
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I received the item on time and in wonderful condition but was very disappointed by the book itself. Its VERY small and all the 5000 years of jewelry was just from one private collector. I thought there would be more information and definitely more of a history. I would not recommend this book to anyone. But not the fault of Amazon :)
Add this to your library September 18, 2007
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is a nice little book, and by little I mean 7 inches on a side square.
At 64 pages it holds a lot of high quality images with full page shots and many closeups.
The text is informative without being pompous and overly wordy like many historical jewelery books written by endlessly blabbery art historians trying to flex their hyper inflated vocabularies and fill their quota of space.
There is even a short glossary at the end with many useful terms for the novice jewelry historian.
Despite it's demure appearance this delightful book fulfills it's promise of an informative and detailed review of some of the highlights of the Walters Collection.
Buy this book for your library and you probably have a friend who would like it too, so maybe buy another for them.
Wonderful collection May 20, 2007
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
Bedazzled is a small book with high quality photos of distinct and beautiful pieces of jewellery held by the Walters Art Museum that covers prominent periods of jewellery design. I was very impressed as I have not seen these pieces in any other books on jewellery history. It is a gem don't be deceived by the size as it is well worth owning.
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