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Coral Comb, 1865, tortoiseshell, coral, photo: @Museo Poldi Pezzoli. The comb is made of tortoiseshell and is adorned with a garland of flowers and fruit made of coral. It is part of an evening set that also contains a coral necklace, bracelet, and earrings. It was made by jewelers from Torre del Greco, a town in the province of Naples, where this material is still worked.

Ancient Jewels and Unique Goldsmithing Masterpieces

Ancient necklaces, rings that enclose secrets, hairpins, gold belts, and inlaid bracelets: these are just some of the jewels preserved at the Poldi Pezzoli Museum, in Milan. It stands in the neighborhood called “Fashion Quadrilateral,” where the major couture designers have their showrooms. It is easy, therefore, to understand how these masterpieces of goldsmithing from […]

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The Power of the Narrative in the 2020s

Museum of Arts and Design. Jewelry Stories: Highlights from the Collection 1947–2019. Edited by Barbara Paris Gifford. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 2021. Published in conjunction with the exhibition 45 Stories in Jewelry, Jewelry Stories: Highlights from the Collection 1947–2019 offers a visual as well as literary feast. It celebrates the art jewelry collection of New York’s Museum

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The Wanderings of the Danish State-Owned Jewelry Collection

Werke und Tage March 10–August 30, 2020 Staatliche Antikensammlung, Munich, Germany Danish Jewellery Box March 13–August 1, 2021 Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln, Cologne, Germany Since 1974, regularly changing committees in the Danish Arts Foundation (founded in 1964) have acquired artworks from all artistic disciplines, including applied arts. Its national jewelry collection (comprising about 350

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