SMITHSONIAN'S COOPER-HEWITT PRESENTS 'SET IN STYLE: THE JEWELRY OF VAN CLEEF & ARPELS'

SMITHSONIAN'S COOPER-HEWITT, NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM PRESENTS 'SET IN STYLE: THE JEWELRY OF VAN CLEEF & ARPELS'. THE EXHIBITION EXAMINES THE RENOWNED JEWELRY FIRM'S SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO JEWELRY DESIGN AND DESIGN INNOVATION, PARTICULARLY DURING THE 20th CENTURY. ORGANIZED BY SARAH COFFIN, CURATOR AND HEAD OF THE PRODUCT DESIGN AND DECORATIVE ART DEPARTMENT, THE EXHIBITION RUNS FROM 18.FEBRUARY THROUGH 5.JUNE. SINCE ITS OPENING ON THE PLACE VENDOME IN PARIS, VAN CLEEF & ARPELS HAS PLAYED A LEADING ROLE IN STYLE AND DESIGN INNOVATION. PIONEERING TECHNIQUES AND DESIGNS, COMBINED WITH AN ATTENTION TO CRAFTSMANSHIP, ARE AT THE CORE OF VAN CLEEF & ARPELS' JEWELRY AND SMALL PRECIOUS OBJECTS. THE EXHIBITION FEATURES MORE THAN 350 WORKS, INCLUDING JEWELS, TIMEPIECES, FASHION ACCESSORIES AND OBJECTS D'ART BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS, DRAWN FROM NUMEROUS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS, AS WELL AS THE VAN CLEEF & ARPELS' MUSEUM COLLECTION. THE OBJECTS, MANY OF WHICH WERE CREATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR AMERICAN CLIENTELE, ARE SUPPLEMENTED WITH DESIGN DRAWINGS, COMMISSION BOOKS, FABRICATION CARDS AND IMAGERY FROM THE FIRM'S ARCHIVES.
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