Artes Decorativas

"Full of surprises and evocative." The Spectator"Passionately written." Apollo"An extraordinary accomplishment." Edmund de Waal"Monumental." Times Literary Supplement"An epic reshaping of ceramic art." Crafts"An important book." The Arts Society MagazineIn his major new history, Paul Greenhalgh (...)

Louis Cartier (1875-1942), the grandson of Cartier founder Louis-Francois, was an impassioned collector and lover of the arts. He was particularly entranced by Islamic arts, especially Persian book arts, geometric shapes and colour combinations, and its motifs and exotic colour palette are apparent (...)

Ceramic jewellery is an ever-growing area of the ceramic world. Although ceramic beads have been around for as long as pots have, the idea of ceramic jewellery has been making a comeback in a much more glamorous and professional form than ever before. This book shows how ceramic can be combined (...)