The Story Of The Pearl

By (author) Caroline Young
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This is the 4,000-year-old history of the pearl, but also includes detailed practical information on collecting, buying and wearing pearls.
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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.

Table of contents
Introduction - Ancient History - Natural and Cultured Pearls - Royal Gemstones - Legendary Pearls - Pearls in Fashion - Index.
Biographical note
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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An elegant gift for a woman for an engagement, wedding or anniversary; for a birthday or mother''s day; or as a collectible bougie lifestyle purchase.

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Offers the ability to ''buy in'' to a covetable fashion item that is outside the price range of the average buyer.

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A concise history of the item but also detailed practical information on collecting and buying – should one win the lottery!

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Beautifully illustrated with historical images, famous jewellery and fashion photography.