“The Historic previous of Diamond Engagement Rings: A True Romance” is a 128-page small-format e e-book (7.5 x 9 inches) containing better than 165 images of engagement rings.
Printed by The Adventurine Restricted Editions in partnership with Solely Pure Diamonds, the e e-book explores the historic previous of one of many essential enduring traditions in jewelry and objectives to dispel any myths about it, along with the idea De Beers “invented” the diamond engagement ring following World Battle II.
“A diamond engagement ring has prolonged been a universally understood picture of affection and marriage, however little or no is assumed in regards to the historic previous of the kind,” Fasel outlined.
“The reality is, there are a variety of misconceptions. Some think about diamond engagement rings solely grew to grow to be customary after the ‘A Diamond Is Endlessly’ De Beers selling advertising and marketing marketing campaign launched in 1947, or that the first diamond engagement ring was given to Mary of Burgundy in 1477.”
Fasel, a jewelry historian and founding father of The Adventurine on-line journal, talked about to evaluation the e e-book, she dug by way of the archives of museums and libraries in New York and Europe, the place she found diamond engagement rings depicted in masterpieces from the Renaissance and documented in genuine manuscripts.
She moreover consulted consultants who confirmed her historic examples of rings, starting with the first sorts that features point-cut diamonds.
“It was one of many essential fascinating experiences of my occupation to hold the story to light of merely how prolonged and persistently diamond engagement rings have been treasured, how the kind has modified and remained the an identical over the centuries and falling in love with the romantic tales behind the rings from engaged {{couples}},” Fasel talked about.
Together with chronicling the historic previous of diamond engagement rings, the e e-book incorporates sort guides sharing diamond vocabulary, and diagrams of the elements of rings.
There are moreover critiques of celebrity engagement rings, from Britain’s Queen Charlotte (dominated 1761-1818) and Nineteenth-century English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning to additional fashionable ladies, like Grace Kelly, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lawrence, and Blake Energetic.
“The Historic previous of Diamond Engagement Rings: A True Romance” comes out within the current day.
It is a hardcover, limited-edition e e-book that retails for $35.
It is accessible by means of the Pure Diamond Council’s site, Amazon.com, and at unbiased bookstores all through the nation.