“Maker & Muse, Women and Early Twentieth Century Art Jewelry” Driehaus Museum Chicago

Maker & Muse, Women and Early Twentieth Century Art Jewelry
February 14, 2015 – January 3, 2016
Driehaus Museum Chicago

If you love jewelry and especially sumptiuous jewels created mostly by women from the early decades of the 20th Century, you should not miss the current exhibition Maker & Muse, Women and Early Twentieth Century Art Jewelry on view at the Driehaus Museum in Chicago. The Driehaus Museum is a must see jewel in Chicago as the spectacularly restored Nickerson Mansion. Applause to Richard H. Driehaus  for sharing and showcasing wondrous examples from his collection and leading the way in exhibiting important turn of the Century objets d’Art and jewelry with a unique vision.

The exhibition features more than 250 pieces of jewelry created in the early 20th Century and covers five areas of design and fabrication, the Arts & Crafts Movement in Great Britain, Art Nouveau in France, Jugendstil in Germany and Austria, Louis Comfort Tiffany in New York, and American Arts & Crafts in Chicago.

Maker & Muse opened on February 14, 2015 and will run through January 3, 2016. We hope you enjoy our personal highlights and that you will definitely take the opportunity to experience this show.

Driehaus Museum, 40 E. Erie Street, Chicago, IL 60611 www.DriehausMuseum.org