MAD, the Museum of Decorative Arts in New York gives ample space to presentations of fashion jewellery, both vintage and contemporary. Among its recent exhibitions, accompanied by a luxurious catalogue book, it is worth drawing one’s attention to the collection of Barbara Berger, a wealthy, upper class lady, with a passion for jewellery of the famous designers. In her collection, animal-shaped jewels, in gold and enamel, with precious stones, make up the lion’s share. Remarkable figurations, in which insects and birds predominate, including a pelican with a fish in its mouth, but including also a pair of silver pins with coloured stones depicting a cat with boots and a pig dressed as a woman with a scarf tied under the snout, golden shoes and loose pleated skirt.
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