Re: Mellerio dits Meller: Joaillier des Reines by V. Meylan Archived Message
Posted by John in Assen on October 28, 2013, 1:46 pm, in reply to "Mellerio dits Meller: Joaillier des Reines by V. Meylan"
Very nice that you make the effort to tell us about this new book. I feel that you are more or less dissapointed. That's a pitty. Could you tell us even more about the book? How many pages and how is the printquality? What is in the book about the Dutch royal jewels? Is there an entire chapter about Queen Emma? --Previous Message-- : I was very excited about the release of this : book, but I felt dissapointed when I : received it. It's (suposedly) a book about : jewels. Well, book seems to be a summary of : the life of the jewels' owner instead of the : written story of the jewels. A lot of : illustrations of paintings, documents and : buildings, but (in comparison) the book : contains few photos of the jewels. : : One example is the chapter dedicated to : queen Isabella II of Spain. She had a big : amount of jewels signed by Mellerio, but the : author barely mentions three or four. Most : pages of this chapted are dedicated to : narrate her life. It would be so great to : see sketches of her jewels of something more : about her orders to the Parisian jewellers. : : The two previous books of Vincent Meylan, : Archives secrètes: Boucheron and Trésors : et légendes de Van Cleef & Arpels : were, to me at least, much better. Do you : have the book about Mellerio? What do you : think about the book? : : Vincent Meylan is a great author and I : expected more of Mellerio dits Meller: : Joaillier des Reines. : : Greetings. : :
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Message Thread:
- Mellerio dits Meller: Joaillier des Reines by V. Meylan - Al October 28, 2013, 1:25 pm
- Re: Mellerio dits Meller: Joaillier des Reines by V. Meylan - John in Assen October 28, 2013, 1:46 pm
- Re: Mellerio dits Meller: Joaillier des Reines by V. Meylan - Lennick October 28, 2013, 2:33 pm
- Re: Mellerio dits Meller: Joaillier des Reines by V. Meylan - Nellie October 28, 2013, 6:11 pm
- Re: Mellerio dits Meller: Joaillier des Reines by V. Meylan - GIL10 October 29, 2013, 1:09 pm
- Re: Mellerio dits Meller: Joaillier des Reines by V. Meylan - Clementine October 29, 2013, 5:08 pm
- Writing about jewellery - ErikS October 31, 2013, 9:55 am
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