Preface by Shirley Bury                                                                                    8

1 The historical background: from antiquity to the 17th century                        10

Minoan and Mycenean Egypt The Greek world Etruscan

Rome and Byzantium The Middle Ages The Renaissance The 17th century

2 The age of elegance: earrings in the 18th century                                           43

The girandole The pendeloque The `two-stone earring

A lasting tradition

3 The 19th century: riches and revivals                                                           67

From the French Revolution to Waterloo

1815-1830 The 1830s The i840s and 1850s

The exotic: the 1860s and i 870s Classical revival

Renaissance and i 8th century revival Fin de siècle

4 Experiment and variety: earrings of today                                                   131

Before the First World War

Decade by decade: the 1920s to the 1980s

Biographical notes on designers                                                                    194

Glossary                                                                                                       215

Bibliography                                                                                                 218

Acknowledgements                                                                                      219

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