Brooches of Madeleine Albright in Museum of Arts & Design, N-Y
Brooche by, Dutch designer, Gijs Bakker
Many of the brooches owned byMadeleine Albright, first female of Secretary of State of the USA, are temporarily on display at the Museum of Arts & Design in New-York, from September, 30 2009 until January, 31 2010. In her new book “Read my pins; Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box” she describes how
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The redesigned William & Judith Bollinger Jewellery Gallery at the Victoria & Albert Museum London
The redesigned William & Judith Bollinger Jewellery Gallery displays 3500 pieces from the V&A jewellery collection, one of the finest and most comprehensive in the world.
On display are numerous exquisite pieces from The Great Jewellery Houses, like Cartier and Boucheron. As well as historic highlights, like Queen Elisabeth’s gifts, Napoleon’s gifts and also jewellery from
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About
Margriet Sopers, FGA
Having a diploma in jewellery, FGA and a propaedeutic of the Academy of Art followed-up by interesting years as a jewellery expert at Sotheby's & Gemeentelijke Krediet Bank, as well as being a member for years of the Society of Jewellery Historians, I am glad to share with you today's world of jewellery.