Customer Reviews

Tiffany Colored Gems

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This is an excellent book for people who love gemstone jewelery. The introduction provides a great historical recap of some notable gemstones. Then there are sections arranged by the color of the gemstones (ie. Purple: Amethyst & Kunzite and Blue: Saphires, Aquamarine,etc.). Each section provides some of the most beautiful photographs and drawings of modern and antique gemstone jewelry. All photos and drawings are in brilliant color and clear, crisp detail. There is also a glossary with the definitions and description of the gemstones. The Gem Index provides the Moh's harness scale of each gem. I highly recommend this book if you love jewelry. It is a great coffee table book / eye candy book / wish book / jewelry reference book.

As always, John Loring does a smash-up job with his new book on the colored gems of Tiffany. Gorgeous photos,great history and a perfect accompanment to "Tiffany Pearls".
Highly recommended for the jeweler or jewelry fanatic.
Aurea Jewels

This book has beautiful photography, above the usual standard for this kind of book. The text was about average, but I didn't buy it for the text. My one criticism is that I agree with another reviewer in that there was too much focus on Paloma Picasso. She undoubtedly created many masterpieces in colored gems, but Tiffany was around quite a long time before she arrived. And I found it odd that there are 5 or 6 full-page photographs of her modelling her jewelry. I'd rather had just seen the pieces themselves without her wearing them!

Very good book, but not as great as Loring's other book "Tiffany Diamonds."
A little heavy on Paloma Picasso's jewelry, but she did do some great stuff for Tiffany.