Sarah Nehama is a designer/jeweller who works in precious metals and gemstones. She sells her work through galleries, at juried shows, and to private customers. Sarah has a degree in art history and studied jewellery making in Boston and New York. She is a collector of antique mourning and sentimental jewellery and currently resides in Boston.
"Good trim size: inviting to pick up and leaf through. Beautiful
reproductions. Good choice of fonts; very legible text. Handsomely
done. Again, a book crafted to be a beautiful vehicle for its
subject matter: the photography almost is scientific--to show the
viewer the minute details of very, very small keepsakes holding
physical memories (locks of hair, etc.), and rings inscribed in the
*inside* of the band--still manages to be beautiful. The
typesetting wonderfully balanced with the images, making this a
comfortable read for a sometimes uncomfortable subject."
Jewelry commemorating dead loved ones often ends up tucked into
boxes of family documents rather than kept accessible with baubles
more frequently worn. So the evidence of lives mourned gets filed
away, sometimes forgotten for decades. The Massachusetts Historical
Society in Boston has received gold tokens inscribed with laments,
mixed with paperwork donated since the institution was founded in
1791.... Sarah Nehama, a jewelry maker in Boston, is the show's
major private lender and wrote the catalog (from the University of
Virginia Press). She has acquired about 175 mourning pieces in the
past eight years, paying prices into the four figures. She has
delved into the genealogy of the deceased and their mourners,
identifying cousins of Benjamin Franklin and assorted British
aristocrats.-- "New York Times"
The public display of mourning through adornment was popular in the
United States from the Colonial period through the Civil War era
and beyond. Wearing or giving ornaments that memorialized a loved
one or a public figure demonstrated good taste, education, and
wealth. These practices are well documented by collector and
jeweler Nehama.... From simple gold bands to more ornate woven-hair
brooches, the volume illustrates a progression of styles ranging
from the baroque- and rococo-inspired styles of the 1600s to
neoclassical trends and gothic revivalism in the 1860s....
Collectors will find this volume of interest, as will enthusiasts
of historic jewelry.-- "Library Journal"
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