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Fatimid Jewelry

February 1, 2018

By Courtney A. Stewart

Opulent jewels in the Fatimid period were worn by both men and women, and likely served more than just an ornamental purpose.
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Connections: Jewelry

February 14, 2011

By Debbie T. Kuo

Departmental administrator Debbie Kuo, jewelry designer, talks about her favorite pieces of jewelry from The Met collection.
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Turkmen Jewelry

August 1, 2011

By Department of Islamic Art

Turkmen silver jewelry carried deep symbolic meanings and often marked an individual’s passage from one stage of life to another.
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Hellenistic Jewelry

April 1, 2007

By Colette Hemingway and Séan Hemingway

A wide variety of jewelry types were produced in the Hellenistic period-earrings, necklaces, pendants, pins, bracelets, armbands, thigh bands, finger rings, wreaths, diadems, and other elaborate hair ornaments.
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Nineteenth-Century American Jewelry

October 1, 2004

By Beth Carver Wees

Like domestic silver, jewelry is both utilitarian and a distinct marker of social status.
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Remarkable Berber Jewelry at The Met

December 4, 2017

By Courtney A. Stewart

Senior Research Assistant Courtney Stewart has been deep in The Met's storage vaults studying the Berber jewelry from Morocco and Algeria.
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This beautiful volume takes readers on a very special tour of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, highlighting wonderful pieces of jewelry from ancient and modern cultures in every part of the world. Of special interest are the fabulous objects that appear in paintings and other works of art. Jewel-studded gowns; glittering Renaissance brooches; an Egyptian beaded collar; a portrait of Saint Eligius, patron saint of goldsmiths, as he weighs a gold wedding band; and a portrait of Empress Eugénie wearing her famous pearls are among the featured works from the Museum's vast collections. Necklaces, earrings, rings, and bracelets abound in this lively book, but also included are objects of religious significance, military honors, and other kinds of personal decoration. The jewelry pieces that survive offer a magical sense of the people who wore them and of the world they inhabited. The captions relate anecdotes concerning the artists and wearers and describe the history and style of the jewelry pictured. Art historians, jewelry makers, graphic and theatrical designers, and anyone who wears, collects, or admires magnificent jewelry will be fascinated by the sumptuous array in this book.
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Jeweled Elegance

February 11, 2015

By Holly Phillips

Holly Phillips, associate manager for acquisitions in Watson Library, discusses the extensive collection of Art Deco jewelry books in the library's holdings.
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Rites of Passage in the Indian Jewelry Tradition

January 21, 2015

By Courtney A. Stewart

Senior Research Assistant Courtney A. Stewart looks at the traditional Indian jewelry used to mark important events.
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Clockmaker: Ahasuerus I Fromanteel (British, Norwich, England 1607–1693)

Date: ca. 1660–65
Accession Number: 1974.28.93

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Date: ca. 330–300 BCE
Accession Number: 37.11.8–.17

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Date: early 5th century BCE
Accession Number: 40.11.7–.18

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Date: late 1000s–1100s (cameo); 1100s–1300s (mount)
Accession Number: 2007.9

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Date: late 14th–16th century
Accession Number: 1989.87a–l

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Manufactured by California Jewelry Co.

Date: ca. 1868
Accession Number: 2000.571

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Reinhold Vasters (German, Erkelenz 1827–1909 Aachen)

Date: ca. 1870–95
Accession Number: 1982.60.382

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Cameo by Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio (Italian, Parma or Verona ca. 1500/1505–1565 Krakow (?))

Date: cameo ca. 1530–40, frame 19th century
Accession Number: 17.190.869

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Date: ca. 600 (mount); 100–300 (cameo)
Accession Number: 95.15.101

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Date: 500–700
Accession Number: 17.190.1670