India
Subtitle: jewels that enchanted the world
Contributors: Bala Krishnan, Usha R. (Usha Ramamrutham), contributor; Indo-Russian Jewellery Foundation; Gosudarstvennye muzei Moskovskogo Kremli︠a︡
Publisher: Indo-Russian Jewellery Foundation
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
ISBN-13: 9780992840402
Subjects: Jewelry; Exhibitions; Gems; Bijoux; Expositions; Schmuck
Other titles: Jewels that enchanted the world
Notes: Simultaneously published in Russian.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Moscow Kremlin Museums, April 11-July 27, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Usha R. Balakrishnan; title: Key to the catalogue; title: South India. South Indian jewelry traditions / Usha R. Balakrishnan; title: Mughal Empire. The Mughals : conquerors, emperors, connoisseurs / Usha R. Balakrishnan; title: Precious stones in Indian jewelry. Maharatnani : the five great gems / Usha R. Balakrishnan; title: The princely state of Hyderabad in the Deccan : jewels of Hyderabad / Usha R. Balakrishnan; title: India and Europe : interconnections in jewelry traditions. Jewelry : India and the western imagination, 1550-2000 / Diana Scarisbrick ; India of the maharajas and the French art of jewelry, 1910s-1930s / Larisa Peshekhonova ; European influences on jewelry in India ; Indian influences on jewelry in Europe (Cartier ; Chaumet ; Lacloche Freres ; Mauboussin ; Mellerio ; Van Cleef & Arpels); title: The great jewelers of modern India. The gem palace : the genius of Munnu Kasliwal / Usha R. Balakrishnan ; Bhagat : perfection in creation / Usha R. Balakrishnan; title: Appendix. Methods of gem cutting and gem setting : a synthesis of inspiration, calculation, and skill / Olga Vecherina.