Chicago Collects: Jewelry in Perspective
@ The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, September 22nd
Chicago Collects: Jewelry in Perspective is an exhibition of over two hundred pieces of rare and historically significant jewelry from the 17th century to the present, all from prominent Chicago collections. This first-of-its- kind exhibition includes a range of never-seen-before jewelry and decorative arts objects from the Richard H. Driehaus Collection alongside objects from the Chicago History Museum, the Field Museum, and the Lizzardo Museum of Lapidary Art, among loans from other Chicago institutions, collections, and private lenders with unique areas of focus. Chicago Collects: Jewelry in Perspective is organized by jewelry historian and author Elyse Zorn Karlin, curator of the Museum’s 2015 exhibition Maker and Muse: Women and 20th Century Art Jewelry.
Chicago Collects: Jewelry in Perspective opens with a timeline of stylistic periods of jewelry history from the late 17th century to the present. From there, items are organized into categories of collecting interest, such as Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, Vienna Secession, British Arts & Crafts, Chicago Arts & Crafts, 19th Century Revival, Belle Époque, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Art Deco, Fabergé, Important Makers, Tiaras, and Mid-Century Modern and Contemporary Jewelry.
Highlights of the exhibition include loans from the Field Museum from the 1893 World’s Fair; a rare piece of silver made by Paul Revere, Jr.; a handwrought silver punch bowl belonging to the Cliff Dweller’s Club; jewelry renderings by Art Nouveau master Rene ́Lalique; a number of jewels and objects made by Chicago’s own Kalo Shop as well as other Chicago artists from the Arts & Crafts Movement, and more.
Chicago Collects: Jewelry in Perspective is generously sponsored by Susan and Harlow Higinbotham and The USA Education Charitable Trust, and the Driehaus Trust Company, LLC.
Related programs
The Museum is partnering with the Association for the Study of Jewelry & Related Arts (ASJRA) to support a two-afternoon virtual conference related to the exhibition which takes place June 1 and 2. Registration for the conference is open to the public and complete information can be found at https://driehausmuseum.org/programs.
Official Website
More events on this date
Tags: Chicago, Chicago Collects: Jewelry in Perspective, Elyse Zorn Karlin, Illinois, Near North Side, The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
« previous event
next event »