Year: 2005
Author: Lia Lenti e Maria Cristina Bergesio
Publisher: Umberto Allemandi & Co. Publishing
The first complete dictionary of Italian jewellery: more than 400 entries on goldsmiths, designers, schools, materials, competitions, techniques, geographical and production area, private collections, museums, photography and advertising, companies and trademarks, from 1850 to 2000. More than 600 photographs document the various types of object produced in over a century, and analyse the work behind each of them and their success on the market.