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Product Identifiers
PublisherVendome Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10086565218X
ISBN-139780865652187
eBay Product ID (ePID)11038899763
Product Key Features
Book TitleMaharaja's Jewels
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Jewelry
Publication Year1999
IllustratorYes
GenreDesign, Art
AuthorJohn Adamson, Katherine Prior
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight72.9 Oz
Item Length13.7 in
Item Width10.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN00-033378
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal739.27/0954
SynopsisThe fascinating stories of Indian princes and their jewelry and precious stones are brought together in this sumptuously illustrated narrative tracing the rise and fall of India's leading royal houses through the dramatic fortunes of their crown jewels. Famed since antiquity as a supreme source of diamonds, rubies, and sapphires, the Indian subcontinent afforded untold symbols of power and prestige to its many kings. From the sixteenth century forward, these stone were sought with unscrupulous avidity by the crowned heads of Europe, but even the rapacity of the British Empire failed to devour all of India's treasures. In the twentieth century, in a final flowering of regal splendor, many maharajas traveled to the West to have their jewels reset by the most prestigious jewelers of Paris, London, and Rome. It is this encounter between Indian princely magnificence and the best of European jewelry design that forms the book's centerpiece. The authors offer a fresh, vigorous text drawing on original material from a wide range of government and private archives, and featuring many hitherto unpublished pictures alongside more familiar ones. From Sanskrit dramatists extolling the riches of India to the finest of modern Europe's jewelers crossing Asia in search of royal clients, a broad gamut of real voices and resplendent images brings to life the story of India's royal gems.
LC Classification NumberNK7376.P65 2000
