Ethnic Jewelry: Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Tapa dura - 1994

U.S.A.: Vendome Pr, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. In red cloth. No jacket. Darkening to cloth at bottom of front board..

Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new. Gold ribbon marker.
Jacket like new, very slight shelf wear.
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Illustrated with selections from the holdings of the Musée Barbier-Mueller in Geneva, Switzerland. With 170 illustrations in full color.

Vendome Press, 1994-11-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York: Vendome Press, 1994. Comprehensive classic text presents a lavish compilation of the famous ethnic jewelry collection initiated by Joseph Mueller, and expanded by two centuries of his hiers; currently housed in the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva. The collection includes the finest pieces that Mueller and his family acquired, including items from prehistoric Greece, Italy and Japan; funerary pieces; objects of high aesthetic value; items fashioned of gold, silver, bronze, ivory, jade, bone, shell, natural fibers; African sculpture; masks; ornaments; bracelets and necklaces; magic talismans; etc. Includes a catalogue and bibliography. 246 pp. Full-color plates. Front endpaper missing. Small stamp to lower title page. and upper outer edge. Gilt spine and front cover. Gold ribbon cloth bookmark. Dustjacket in mylar. Heavy item.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Ferrazzini, Pierre-Allain. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ex-Library.