KatieO Recommended Jewelry Books!

KatieO has an immense collection of jewelry related books from all over the world. Many of these books can be found on amazon.com. You will find a link to this book as well as purchase information in the amazon.com section of this page. KatieO highly recommends these books as they have been an invaluable asset to her collection, and a means to increase her knowledge of the jewelry components she uses in her designs.

Title: Ethnic Jewelry Africa, Asia and the Pacific
Author: Michel butor
ISBN-10: 0865659540
ISBN-13: 978-0865659544

An excerpt for the front cover

 "Created for both everyday life and special festivities, living jewels such as the works seen here served at once as repositories of wealth, marks of rank, and magic talismans.  They were also objects of high aesthetic merit - whether fashioned of gold, silver, bronze, ivory, jade, bone, shell, natural fiber, or human hair - their quality set off by the dignity and handsomeness of the people who wore them.... These, like all the splendid and unique artifacts illustrated in this lavish, oversize book, reflect the sensibility of the time in which they were created. 

KatieO Reviews It!
This is a beautiful book showcasing the collection of Joseph Mueller. It has great photographs, with detailed descriptions and background information.  It is one of my favorites.