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Caroline Young

The Story of the Pearl

Caroline Young

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WELBECK
01 April 2023
Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Fashion & textiles: design; Antiques & collectables: jewellery; Fashion & style guides
For its luminescent beauty and timeless elegance, the pearl has been prized for centuries, from ancient civilizations and royalty to society girls and Hollywood celebrities. Not only a symbol of wealth, status and power, this rare gem is a moon-like talisman associated with healing, protection and purity.

Weaving myth and history, art and literature, the sacred and the secular, this book unfolds the fascinating 4,000-year-old story of the pearl, including tales of pearl-divers in the Pacific, the jewellery of ancient Rome and legendary pearls such as the 500-year-old La Peregrina and the 14-pound Pearl of Allah. Here you will learn of the various types of pearls, both cultured and costume styles, how to wear and care for them, as well as pearls in popular culture and in fashions through the ages.
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Imprint:   WELBECK
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 182mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   400g
ISBN:   9781838611422
ISBN 10:   1838611428
Pages:   160
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Introduction - Ancient History - Natural and Cultured Pearls - Royal Gemstones - Legendary Pearls - Pearls in Fashion - Index.

Caroline Young is a freelance writer and author specializing in fashion and popular culture. She is the author of Welbeck'sColour in Fashion and Quarto'sFashionQuake.

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