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Bahrain Pearls: Treasures from the Land of Two Seas

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The story of Bahrain’s pearls stretches back in the mists of time. For millennia the oyster banks around the Arabian Gulf dominated all others, and the headquarters for the pearl trade was Bahrain. Pearl diving in the region dates from the Dilmun and Tylos periods (2200 BCE–300 CE), names for Bah...
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Carol Woolton is a jewelry historian, broadcaster, stylist, and jewelry editor at British Vogue for over twenty years, where she remains as contributing jewelry director. She was the first jewelry editor of Tatler magazine and has contributed widely to publications and online supplements around the world including Financial Times, Vanity Fair, and Daily Telegraph. She is the author of several books covering the broad spectrum of antique and historic jewels to contemporary styles, including The New Stone Age (2020), Vogue: The Jewellery (2020), Floral Jewels (2014), Dolce & Gabbana High Jewelry (2023), and If Jewels Could Talk (2024), based on the podcast she launched in 2020.


Laziz Hamani is passionate about creating beautiful images, his life defined by a constant search for aesthetics and meaning. He has worked with many luxury brands, and he has collaborated with Assouline on more than thirty titles. From the finest details of high jewelry to the purity of minimalist design, Hamani aims to bring the viewer into dialogue with the image, to evoke power and beauty through his unique simplicity.

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The best pearls to be found are those which are caught on the island of Bahrain…. These are beautiful, large and quite round.

— Gasparo Balbi, Voyage to the Oriental Indies, 1590

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Page count

224 pages

Number of illustrations

160

Language

English

Released on

February 2026

Dimensions

W 10 x L 13 x D 1.5 in

Cover materials

Silk Hardcover

ISBN

9781649804969

Weight

4.92 lb

Author

Carol Woolton, photography by Laziz Hamani, foreword by Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa

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