Egyptian Revival Jewelry and Design

Internet Bookwatch, Feb, 2007

Egyptian Revival Jewelry & Design

Dale Reeves Nicholls, Shelly Foote, Robin Allison

Schiffer Publishing Ltd.

4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310

076432540X, $39.95 www.schifferbooks.com

"Egyptian Revival Jewelry & Design" is the collaborative work of antique jewelry expert Dale Reeves Nicholls, costume jewelry expert Shelly Foote, and Robin Allison. Beginning with the informative introduction 'The Slumbering Sphinx', this superbly organized and beautifully illustrated compendium is organized into four major sections: 'It's Alive! Ancient Egypt Rediscovered and Revived'; 'Signs & Symbols'; 'Makers & Manufacturers'; 'Collecting Egyptian Revival'; and 'A Brief Overview of Ancient Egyptian Chronology'. Enhanced with notes, a bibliography, and a comprehensive index, "Egyptian Revival Jewelry & Design" is also a price guide, making it an invaluable and indispensable research and reference for dealers and collectors, as well as providing terrific browsing for the non-specialist general reader with an interest in antique and costume jewelry. Also very strongly recommended from Schiffer Publishing are two other outstanding volumes for jewelry enthusiasts: Nancy Schiffer's "Costume Jewelry: The Fun Of Collecting: 3rd Edition" (0764312162, $29.95) and Dale Nicholis' "Antique Enameled Jewelry (0764319914, $49.95).