Met Museum Jewelry
The facade resuscitates old. This global conversation about one of the most personal and universal of art forms brings together some 230 objects drawn almost exclusively from The Met collection. A History Of Jewelry Debuts At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art S Latest Exhibition The Body Transformed Vogue Who can forget the show-stopping gem-encrusted brooches of JAR at The Metropolitan of Art or the sumptuous Ancient Incan chest plates of Golden Kingdoms at the Getty. Met museum jewelry . Spanning three hundred years Jewelry for America explores the evolution of jewelry in this country from the early eighteenth century to the present day. The exhibition features pieces by designers such as Balenciaga Chanel Dior Miriam Haskell and Yves Saint Laurent in an eye-popping display of necklaces bracelets brooches and earrings many of them one of a kind. A brief introductory essay discusses the history of jewelry. The beautiful pendant recalls a star seen on an early 9th-century woo