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In death lamented :the tradition of Anglo-American mourning jewelry /Sarah Nehama ; preface by Anne E. Bentley and Sarah Nehama.

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-273147

Description

128 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Mourning jewelry History

Originator

Nehama, Sarah.
Bentley, Anne E.
Massachusetts Historical Society.

Contents

The seventeenth century and before: Memento Mori and Poesy Rings -- Colonial America and the revolution -- The new republic -- The antebellum period -- Civil War and the end of the nineteenth century.

Publication

Boston : Massachusetts Historical Society ; distributed by the University of Virginia Press

Description

128 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes

"A companion volume to the Fall Exhibition at the Massachusetts Historical Society 2012"-- t.p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

1936520036
9781936520039

Call Number

Stacks NK7309.N44 2012

Material Type

Exhibitions.

Places

Great Britain
United States

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