Chicago Collects: Jewelry in Perspective - Chicago - Until 22-9-2024

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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
50 East Erie Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611


Chicago Collects: Jewelry in Perspective

Until 22nd September 2024

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 Lizzadro 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.

Opening hours: Wednesday: 11:00AM-7:00PM (5:00-7:00 pm is free) - Thursday: 11:00AM-5:00PM - Friday: 11:00AM–5:00PM - Saturday: 11:00AM–5:00PM - Sunday: 11:00AM–5:00PM

Admission: $20

https://driehausmuseum.org/exhibition/J ... erspective