Jewelry by Chanel

[Chanel]

A study of the jewellery designs of Coco Chanel, an important aspect of her fashion career and couture house. Patrick Mauriès discusses the development of Chanel's jewellery style - the mix of precious and semi-precious, the influence of 'Byzantinum and Baroque', and the use of pearls. The original jewellery pieces sparkle in the book's photographs, alongside fashion photographs (several by Karl Lagerfeld)  of contemporary figures wearing Chanel's jewels.



Patrick Mauriès. Thames & Hudson. London. 2012. Hardback, quarto; black boards, dust jacket. 272 pages. 148 illustrations in colour and duotone. English. 310 x 240mm. 2kg. 9780500516287. Very good, in good dust jacket; light rubbing to surface of jacket, tear to top edge of front jacket.