London's Lost Jewels: The Cheapside Hoard - Softcover

Forsyth, Hazel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781300208 ISBN 13: 9781781300206

Verlag: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd, 2013

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"Hazel Forsyth, the curator, spent years studying letters, stock lists and rent books as well as the objects themselves. Her patient scholarship has unearthed plenty of dubious behaviour, much of it chronicled in her excellent book, London's Lost Jewels."-The Economist, 11th October 2013 "Forsyth has revealed the social context of these jewels in a new book, itself a treasure trove of expertise and a rich visual experience in its own right."-Geoffrey Munn, World of Interiors, November 2013

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In 1912, labourers on a building site in Cheapside in the City of London unearthed a great trove of gemstones and jewels which had lain undisturbed for some three hundred years. Known and celebrated as the Cheapside Hoard, it is still the largest cache of its kind to have been discovered. These objects, dazzlingly beautiful, intricate and often astonishing, are evocative emissaries from London's past. The Cheapside Hoard remains the single most important source of our knowledge of the Elizabethan and early Stuart jewellers' trade and, by extension, life and fashion in London society of the era. London's Lost Jewels has been written to accompany a glittering new exhibition at the Museum of London, which marks the hundredth anniversary of the original public display and for the first time reveals the Cheapside Hoard in its entirety. It provides much new information about the city's role in the international gem and jewellery trade during one of the most dynamic periods of English history. A wealth of fascinating stories and lavish illustrations bring these exquisite treasures to life.

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• Verlag: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1781300208
• ISBN 13: 9781781300206
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272