Jewellery

Jewellery or jewelry (/ˈdʒuːᵊlᵊri/) consists of small decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes, and the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for example. For many centuries metal, often combined with gemstones, has been the normal material for jewellery, but other materials such as shells and other plant materials may be used. It is one of the oldest type of archaeological artefact – with 100,000-year-old beads made from Nassarius shells thought to be the ...more

Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World
7000 Years of Jewelry
The Complete Metalsmith: An Illustrated Handbook
Jewelry Concepts & Technology
Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box
Steampunk Style Jewelry: Victorian, Fantasy, and Mechanical Necklaces, Bracelets, and Earrings
Jewels: A Secret History
The Workbench Guide to Jewelry Techniques
Making Bead & Wire Jewelry: Simple Techniques, Stunning Designs
Jewelry: Fundamentals of Metalsmithing
Jewelry: From Antiquity to the Present (World of Art)
Jewelry Illustration
Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry
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Name Necklaces
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Pearls on the Cover
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Jewelry Designers in Fiction
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Pins, Buttons, & Patches
23 books — 5 voters


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Rick Riordan
It’s not important,” Silena insisted. “We have to find Charlie!” Another first: a child of Aphrodite uninterested in jewellery.
Rick Riordan, The Demigod Files

Nenia Campbell
It was difficult finding jewelry for you,” he remarked. “You’re too beautiful for diamonds. They’re meant to add light and you’re already blinding. So I got you something that gives off no light at all, so the jewelry will bask in your own enchanting glow.
Nenia Campbell, Rent Girl

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