Baubles, Buttons and Beads the Heritage of Bohemia - by Sibylle Jargstorf (Paperback)

About the Book

With hundreds of illustrated examples, this groundbreaking book explores the jewels, craftsmanship, technological development, and history of Bohemia. Gorgeous color photos show the area's artistry, its most significant designers and manufacturers, and their contributions to the art of jewelry, button, and bead making.

Book Synopsis

For 500 years, the world's greatest makers of costume jewelry have hidden, anonymous, in the heart of Europe: Gablonz, Bohemia. This groundbreaking, beautiful book exposes the jewels, craftsmanship, technological development, and history of Bohemia. Almost 400 gorgeous color photographs illustrate the area's artistry, its most significant designers and manufacturers and their contributions to the art of jewelry, button, and bead making. Bohemian glass dynasties lasted for centuries, until the middle of the 20th century, when the entire community of German-stock craftsmen was expelled from the area in the turbulence of World War II. Though Gablonz will forever feel the loss of these great craftsmen, their artistry has been meticulously researched and documented by Sibylle Jargstorf for this book.

About the Author

A long-time admirer of their work, Mrs. Jargstorf is also the author of Paperweights and Glass in Jewelry. She resides in her native Germany.