Description
Mourning Art and Jewelry
Author: Maureen DeLorme
Hardcover with dust jacket - as new condition
Mourning Art & Jewelry by Maureen DeLorme is a comprehensive exploration of decorative art created to memorialize and commemorate death in Western culture. The book delves into the historical influences and mourning practices of the 18th and 19th centuries, highlighting how these customs shaped individual and cultural perspectives surrounding death. It features over 500 color photographs of items such as jewelry, portrait miniatures, pottery, glassware, paintings, sculpture, posthumous photographs, and hair-work memorials from collections in America, England, France, Germany, and Switzerland. The captions provide current values, making it a valuable resource for historians, dealers, and collectors interested in Victorian, Georgian, and Victorian memorial arts, as well as antique jewelry.
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