Brooches and Badges

Rachel Church

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Thames & Hudson Ltd
01 June 2019

Precious metal & precious stones: artworks & design; Antiques & collectables: jewellery

Series: Accessories

From medieval pilgrim badges and Renaissance hat decorations to jewelled brooches and twentieth-century political pins, brooches and badges are often more than practical or decorative dress fasteners; they are expressions of identity. Focusing

on the V&A¹s world-famous collection, Brooches & Badges explores the evolution

of these intricate and versatile works of art, and the way in which changes in dress have dictated their use.

By: Rachel Church
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 227mm, Width: 157mm,
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9780500480359
ISBN 10: 0500480354
Series: Accessories
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 June 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction • 1. ‘Send…letters, tokens, brooches, and ranges’ 1000–1500 • 2. ‘Rich Apparell, precious Jewells’ 1500–1800 • 3. ‘Any number of brooches, up and down and everywhere’ 1800–1900 • 4. ‘The new jewel has been born’ 1900–1920 • 5. ‘Clips are going like wildfire’ 1920–1940 • 6. ‘Almost anything goes’ 1940–1960 • 7. ‘Precious stones have won their freedom’ 1960-1990 • 8. ‘The shock of beauty’ 1990–The Present • References; Glossary; Further Reading; Notes; Major Collections Featuring Brooches and Badges Acknowledgments; Author’s Biography; Index

Rachel Church is a Curator in the Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics and Glass Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum with a special responsibility for the rings collection. She has published and lectured on jewelry and worked on the re-display of the William and Judith Bollinger Jewellery Gallery. She has contributed to a number of V&A publications, including writing on gold boxes in The Gilbert Collection at the V&A (2009).