SHINDE JEWELS

This lavishly illustrated book lifts the shroud of mystery from a man The New York Times has called ''leading figure in design known only to cognoscenti'' and whose creations have decorated everyone from the Queen of England to Madonna. Shinde Jewels traces the life of the late A.V. Shinde from the first two decades of his sixty-five year career spent designing for the fabled Maharajas of India, to traveling the world as head designer for the diamond legend Harry Winston, and working with the world''s rarest jewels from East to West. Based on three years of intimate conversations with A.V. Shinde and featuring previously unpublished photographs and designs, Shinde Jewels offers an insider''s account of the creation of the world''s most famous jewels.