Twentieth-century Jewellery presents an extraordinary collection of jewels, jewellers and international maisons which, from the;start of the twentieth century to the present day,have mirrored the changing taste of the twentieth century. It is a global journey which takes us from France to Russia,from the United States to Italy, from Britain to Germany and from the Netherlands to Scandinavia.From the Art Nouveau masterpieces ofLalique, Vever and Fouquet to Art Deco elegance and the wonders of Cartier, Boucheron, Tiffany, Mario Buccellati and Fabberge.From the inventions of Van Cleef & Arpels and Bulgari in the 1950s to the Dutch avant-garde and the artist's jewel of the 1960s, ending with illustrations of up-to-date and contemporary jewellery design. A brilliant historical-critical essay introduces a magnificent selection of pictures,designed to be an ideal gallery of masterpieces of twentieth-century jewellery,accompanied by technical explanations and exhaustive glossary.