Bloom selling exhibition
Floral
Fashion in Jewels
From
the 19th-Century to Today
Expo
in NY from May 3 to 24
Just
in time for spring, Sotheby’s announces a selling exhibition celebrating the
history and evolution of the flower motif in jewelry design, from the 19th
century to the present day.
Curated
in partnership with Carol Woolton, the celebrated historian, author, and
Contributing Director of Jewelry of British Vogue, In Bloom offers an array of
jewels that embody the vibrance and beauty of nature from the sunny hue of
daffodils to the painterly palette of blossoming irises.
Comprising
75 pieces, the collection will showcase vintage floral designs from
distinguished houses Tiffany & Co., Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, David
Webb, Boucheron, Verdura, and Belperron, alongside exquisite pieces by leading
contemporary designers from around the world, including Solange Azagury-Partridge,
Neha Dani, Eliane Fattal, Fernando Jorge, Sabba, Jessica McCormack and Irene
Neuwirth.
Young
talents, such as Tatiana Verstraeten and Christopher Thompson Royds will
feature alongside fine jewels by Dolce &Gabbana, exhibited for the first
time. The show is further distinguished by unique pieces specifically
commissioned from British artist Shaun Leane, Japanese master craftswoman Gimel
and Indian designer Bina Goenka.
The
In Bloom selling exhibition will be open to the public in Sotheby’s
newly-expanded and reimagined galleries in New York from 3 & up to 24 May,
alongside our marquee May auctions of Impressionist & Modern and
Contemporary Art. All pieces on exhibition will be available for private sale,
with prices ranging from $10,000 to $3 million.
Frank
Everett, Sales Director of Sotheby’s Luxury Division, commented: “There is no
design motif as enduring as the flower, and blooms of every species have
inspired designers for as long as we’ve had jewelry.
It has been my pleasure to
work with Carol Woolton on this show to select beautiful examples, both vintage
and contemporary, tracing the evolution of the floral jewel over past 150
years. While florals for spring may not be groundbreaking, they seemed perfect
for the May 3rd opening of Sotheby’s new galleries, as the first jewelry
installation in our new space.”
Carol
Woolton said: “Flowers are one of the ways we measure particular moments of our
lives, and jewelry is another. Small wonder that flowers are a recurring and
significant theme in oeuvre of the jewelry designer, arguably the greatest
leitmotif in the history of jewels, cropping up time and again studied from
every angle for inventiveness and brilliance of color to be re-imagined in
fresh forms to suit the prevailing whims of fashion.
I’ve
often been drawn to comment on floral jewel trends and have explored antique
naturalist and abstract approaches of design, as well as stories of flowers
that stirred the crafting of a jewel, in my book Floral Jewels from the World’s
Leading Designers, which sowed the idea for this exhibition. I’ve been
delighted to work with Sotheby’s in curating this selling exhibition of
magnificent antique and contemporary examples of floral jewels.”
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