Precious Indian Weapons author-sarah-greenough as well as lesser-known examples

as well as lesser-known examples that have never been displayed together before

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Written with the enthusiastic support of Duchamp’s widow

Includes biographies of the major personalities

from the 1920s flapper to red-carpet Hollywood glamour

Precious Indian Weapons author-sarah-greenough as well as lesser-known examplesThis spectacular collection of nearly 200 jewelled weapons and priceless accoutrements from the Indian subcontinent was assembled over many decades by Sheikh Nasser and Sheikha Hussah al Sabah for The al Sabah Collection, Kuwait. Produced for aristocratic patrons who valued the arts, these richly decorated edged weapons and other princely objects bear witness to the legendary opulence and refinement of the Indian courts during the sixteenth to the