The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston will open a new gallery dedicated to jewelry on Tuesday with the exhibition "Jewels, gems and antique treasures to modern" to cover the ornamentation of the jewels of the 24th century BC to the 20th century.
The exhibition is the new unified Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation Gallery, one of the few U.S. museums, galleries devoted to jewelry, this feature works in the museum's permanent collection of about 11000 of the decorations as well as pieces on loan from other collections. It will last until November 1, 2012. Pandora Beads
75 objects on display include antique ornaments made of ivory, tortoiseshell, and rock crystal, jewelry and modern made of diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, rubies and pearls became fashionable in later years. It is designed to shed light on different cultures throughout history have defined as "a treasure".
In addition, the exhibition explains the importance of jewelry that can be successful (studs, buckles, buckles, combs and brooches); protection systems (or healing talismans with magical properties), and ornamental, in which case you feel beautiful , loved, and remember. Beyond the functional and decorative, jewelry can also set a position and role in society. Rare gems and precious metals, it would be wonderful design and craftsmanship is well known, has often acted as symbols of wealth and power.
Meaning of precious materials in jewelry in the 20 th century has been studied in the exhibition, with several modern ornaments on the Daphne Farago Collection unified messaging (which includes 650 pieces of contemporary handmade jewelry made by leading American and European artists of about 1940 for that matter) to examine the jewels from their traditional roles in society.
"Jewelry is a powerful cultural meaning, and materials used in its manufacture varies considerably. This exhibition explores substances both traditional and unusual used to create some of the most unique jewelry in the world," said Yvonne Markowitz, the Department of Rita J. Kaplan and Susan B. Kaplan Curator of Jewelry, whose position is with the Guardianship first dedicated to the study of jewelry in an American museum. Pandora Charms
Some of the most opulent of the museum's collection of jewelry, including a diamond necklace and earrings from 1856 marriage given by the arms dealer Samuel Colt to his wife (the bathroom 41.73 carats, bought by $ 8000 is now estimated at $ 190 000) and Mary Todd Lincoln gold, enamel and diamond brooch with matching earrings, which it acquired in 1864. PIN also presented the board Marjorie Merriweather Post's sumptuous 1920's, with a spectacular 60 ct. Mughal carved emerald surrounded by diamonds, which he bought in preparation for submission to the British court in 1929 (pictured above).
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