Peachy at The Met: Over 400 Pieces by Renowned Jewelry Designer JAR on View at Metropolitan Museum November 20, 2013–March 9, 2014 Our Coverage Sponsored by Stribling and Associates
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If you like jewelry, has the Met got a great exhibit for you!
We are sure ALL of our readers LOVE jewelry!!!
Important to note that if you are new to JAR, they are the initials of the designer: Joel A. Rosenthal. This exhibit was first featured here:
Amanda Burton, this one's for you!
To employ the word beauty to describe this exhibit would be an understatement. Phenomenally gorgeous would begin to describe the first few cases, but when you have seen all 400 pieces or so we're not sure a word exists to justify the majesty you'll see here. We would recommend you try to go on a low-traffic day at The Met because it is easy to see why this is a wildly popular exhibit and these pieces are not huge paintings on a wall easy to see in a crowd: you will want to get up close and personal with this jewelry. Also be careful where you are walking because this exhibit is mostly dark so you can see the jewelry well.
So what did we like? It would be hard to find a piece that we didn't appreciate. Usually Peachy gives you a laundry list of what you must see, or one part you must see. You need to see all of this one. We like them from a sense of appreciating the art. They are quite large for jewelry, therefore would work best on large people. They would likely overwhelm petite people like Peachy but she would want them made down to scale if she were actually ordering them. Just go to the exhibit and dream. We liked the smaller pieces the most because we subscribe to the belief that less is more.
Don't miss the bracelet that looks like a telephone cord, the picture frame with a little swan, the green circle clock, the pieces that look like dessert (we think one is vanilla ice cream), spiral earrings, the elephant wearing the pearl dress, pearl chandelier earrings, and many more.
Note that this the first retrospective of JAR's work in America. A must-see for everyone! And one more reason why The Met is our favorite museum.
