20th Century Jewelry: The Complete Sourcebook by John Peacock

20^th Century Jewelry: The Complete Sourcebook by John Peacock, published by Thames & Hudson.

There isn’t a lot to say about this book as the majority of the content is illustrations. That being said, however, it was helpful to me as each illustration (which are hand-drawn and not simple photos) has a description allocated to it which lists the materials of the piece. Furthermore, each page shows particular pieces during a particular time (Necklaces 1910-1919) which provides recognition of the predominant style at the listed time. This is also true of the descriptions which provide knowledge of materials and therefore one can easily see what the most dominant materials in a particular era were.

References

Peacock, J., 2002. 20th Century Jewelry: The Complete Sourcebook. London: Thames & Hudson.