Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Oooo, pretties

I think I saw this Met Museum jewelry show during my 2020 trip to visit college friends, Margi & Michael. Can't say I remember the pieces the curator mentions and you'd think that spectacular Marie Zimmerman black opal brooch would have stuck in the mind. But no. Anyway - decadent Russian court of Nicholas II? Not sure about that. Seems kinda judgey.


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