Enchanted jewelry of Egypt : the traditional art and craft / Azza Fahmy ; [translated from the Arabic by Nihad Salem].

By:

Fahmy, Azza

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Arabic Publication details: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, c2007.Description: 215 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 34 cmISBN:

9774249011
9789774249013

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Bildband.

DDC classification:

391.70962

LOC classification:

NK 7388 F157e 2007

Contents:

Peasant and sha'bi jewelry -- Desert jewelry -- The western desert -- Sinai: land of turquoise -- The eastern desert -- Nubian jewelry -- Jewelry for special purposes -- Egyptian hallmarks.

Review: "In this illustrated book, Azza Fahmy, a world-renowned designer of jewelry based on traditional motifs, lays before us an Aladdin's cave of jewelry made in all corners of Egypt over the last one hundred years, collected through her extensive travels throughout the country."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 206) and index.

Peasant and sha'bi jewelry -- Desert jewelry -- The western desert -- Sinai: land of turquoise -- The eastern desert -- Nubian jewelry -- Jewelry for special purposes -- Egyptian hallmarks.

"In this illustrated book, Azza Fahmy, a world-renowned designer of jewelry based on traditional motifs, lays before us an Aladdin's cave of jewelry made in all corners of Egypt over the last one hundred years, collected through her extensive travels throughout the country."--BOOK JACKET.

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