Chains: Jewelry in History, Function and Ornament

Tracing the history and celebrating the beauty of one of humanity's oldest personal ornaments

This fascinating and skillfully illustrated monograph shows how extraordinary jewelry--capable of linking the past to the future in the name of creativity, beauty and innovation--can be generated from such a simple functional element as the chain. Adored by kings and queens, the chain is at once a symbol of the manufacture of ancient civilizations and the countercultures of the young. The chain is o...