Beyond Fabergé - Imperial Russian Jewelry by Marie Betteley; David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
160.00 NZD
Category: Fashion/Costume
A rare look at the exquisite world of Russian treasures that lies beyond Fabergé. Imperial Russia evokes images of a vanished court's unparalleled splendor: magnificent tiaras, gem-encrusted necklaces, snuffboxes, and other diamond-studded baubles of the tsars and tsarinas. During that time, jewelry sym ...Show more
Doll's Houses by Halina Pasierbska
47.00 NZD
Category: Antiques / Collectibles
A fantastic opportunity to get up close with one of the world's best collections of dollhousesThis beautifully illustrated revised edition celebrates some of the best-loved dollhouses from the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Dolls' Houses presents specially commissioned photography ...Show more
Mid-Century Living: The Butterfly House Collection by Christine Fernyhough; Damian Skinner
60.00 NZD
Category: Antiques / Collectibles
An incurable collector shares her astonishing collection of vintage New Zealand art, objects and design and her classic 1960s seaside bach. For over 30 years, philanthropist and best-selling author of The Road to Castle Hill Christine Fernyhough has built an extraordinary collection of over 4000 everyd ...Show more
The Globemakers - The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft by Peter Bellerby
55.00 NZD
Category: Antiques / Collectibles
The beautifully illustrated story of our globe and the globes it has inspired, told from inside the workshop of one of the world's last globemakers, with four-color photos throughout. Many of us encounter a globe as children. We find a grown-up and ask, "Where are we?" They spin the globe and point ...Show more
Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World by Aja Raden
30.00 NZD
Category: Antiques / Collectibles
As entertaining as it is incisive, Stoned is a raucous journey through the history of human desire for what is rare, and therefore precious. What makes a stone a jewel? What makes a jewel priceless? And why do we covet beautiful things? In this brilliant account of how eight jewels shaped the course of ...Show more
Designers and Jewellery 1850-1940 - Jewellery and Metalwork from the Fitzwilliam Museum by Helen Ritchie
35.00 NZD
Category: History
The Fitzwilliam Museum holds stunning examples of jewellery and metalwork from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This exceptional period of design covers the neo-Gothic and historicist designs of the 1850s and 1860s, the ground-breaking work of British Arts & Crafts designers, sinuo ...Show more
Antiques in the Antipodes - The story of a shop by Yvonne Sanders
75.00 NZD
Category: Antiques / Collectibles | Reading Level: very good
Description: Yvonne Sanders Ltd is not only an Auckland icon but one of Australasia's largest and most colourful antique stores. This sumptuous book tells the story of the shop and its owner. It features over 400 photographs and the fascinating stories behind collectors, decorators, colleagues and craft ...Show more
Vogue the jewellery by Carol Woolton
60.00 NZD
Category: Fashion/Costume | Series: Vogue Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Destined to become must-have visual sourcebooks for all those who love fashion, the Vogue Portfolio series continues with Vogue: The Jewellery by Vogue's jewellery editor, Carol Woolton. From couture to costume jewellery, the brilliant pieces featured on the pages of British Vogue for almost a century h ...Show more
Antiques Roadshow 40 Years of Great Finds by Paul Atterbury
45.00 NZD
Category: Antiques / Collectibles
A collection of the timeless, the priceless and the unforgettable, this beautiful compendium accompanies the beloved BBC One TV series.Gracing our screens for nearly forty years, one of the nation's most beloved television programmes has become a nationalinstitution. The Antiques Roadshow has given the ...Show more
25,000 Years of Jewelry by Maren Eichhorn-Johannsen (Editor)
80.00 NZD
Category: Antiques / Collectibles
Now available in a new edition, this opulent book reaches back 25,000 years to trace the history of jewelry from the Paleolithic Era to the present day. Drawn from the extensive holdings of the Staatliche Museen in Berlin, this collection of jewelry through the ages links cultures and eras to show how t ...Show more
The Watch by Gene Stone
65.00 NZD
Category: Antiques / Collectibles
The wristwatch is the only jewellery that most men will wear, although many would not want to call it that. A watch may be a practical device for the sole purpose of telling the time as accurately as possible, a complicated machine, a wearable design object, or a status symbol. Some watch wearers, like ...Show more
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