{"id":18859,"date":"2020-11-12T18:10:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T18:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/diamonds-across-time\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:17:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:17:04","slug":"diamonds-across-time","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/diamonds-across-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamonds Across Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Diamonds tell stories that are captivating and timeless. On the one  hand, they are just stones, pieces of pure carbon with optical  properties that make them glitter and sparkle like stars.&nbsp; On the other,  they are mystical entities hypnotically drawing the viewer into a time  machine as it were, wherein a cinematic montage of their journey  unfolds. <i><b>Diamonds Across Time<\/b><\/i> presents a sweeping overview  of diamonds across time and space, featuring ten essays by  world-renowned scholars in love the stone. Here, these authors present  new discoveries; explore extraordinary collections; investigate  histories, science, and trade; the nature of diamonds; legendary gems,  jewelry collections, and great designers. Above all, they tell the human  stories that underpin the adoration of diamonds.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Diamonds Across Time <\/i><\/b>is a richly illustrated publication  with high-quality images of gems and jewels, archival documents, rare  drawings, and fabulous photographs. The volume places diamonds in the  context of the time in which they were discovered, and on the political,  social, and cultural stage on which their histories were etched. In a  rapidly changing world, diamonds are eternal. They were created by  nature and grew in the womb of the earth. They tell stories, and they  record history. With this book, diamonds will finally have their own  storytellers.<\/p>\n<div>The book was compiled and edited by the World Diamond Museum&rsquo;s  chief curator and world-renowned jewelry expert Dr. Usha R Balakrishnan.  She and nine other distinguished authors wrote ten monographs written  in the order in appearance: Introduction;&nbsp; The Nizam Diamond: Bala Koh-i-Noor, in the Sacred Trust of the Nizam of Hyderabad &#8211; Usha R. Balakrishnan;&nbsp; Diamonds of the French Crown Jewels: Between East and West &#8211; Fran&ccedil;ois Farges;&nbsp; A Concise History of Diamonds from Borneo &#8211; Derek J. Content;&nbsp; Indian Diamonds and the Portuguese Duriing the Rise of the Mughal Empire &#8211; Hugo Miguel Crespo;&nbsp; Two Large Diamonds from India &#8211; Jack Ogden;&nbsp; The Romanov Diamonds: History of Splendour &#8211; Stefano Papi;&nbsp; The Londonderry Jewels, 1819-1959 &#8211; Diana Scarisbrick;&nbsp; Dress to Impress in Southeast Asia &#8211; Ren&eacute; Brus;&nbsp; Powerful Women, Important Diamonds &#8211; Ruth Peltason;&nbsp; One in Ten Thousand: The Unique World of Coloured Diamonds &#8211; John M. 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