Pearls

Milan, Italy: Skira, 2009. First ed. Hardcover. Black boards, no dj, 335 pp., profuse color illus. VG- (Ex-museum, with markings and bookplate on front inside cover and pocket at rear, missing dj, cover slightly scuffed but all edges and corners are intact, a worthy book for any coffee table.). Item #135363

Published in association with an exhibition staged at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doja, Qatar, in 2010. Chapters are: The Nature and Formation oft he Pearl; Peral Molluscs; The Pearl, a History of Indifference and Passion; The Time of the Great Fisheries (1850-1940); The Culture of Pearls; Gentlemen-Farmers; and Chanel and Pearls.

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