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The Fales collection of jewelry at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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| April 01, 2002 | Zapata, Janet; Wees, Beth Carver | COPYRIGHT 2002 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Is early as 1883 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City began acquiring American jewelry. (1) By the 1930s its holdings comprised necklaces, bracelets, rings, brooches, and knee buckles. A small display of American jewelry was mounted in 1926, just two years after the opening of the American Wing. (2) While most of these early acquisitions date from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, twentieth-century pieces manufactured by Tiffany and Company and Cartier, or by designers such as Florence Koehler (1861-1944), reflect the museum's active interest in contemporary craftsmanship. (3) Two necklaces designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany--one for the 1904 Louisiana ...

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