The artistry and master techniques of the most prominent designers of jewelry and luxury goods at the end of the Gilded Age and the rivalry between them is explored in Artistic Luxury: Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique, an exhibition of sumptuous objects from The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) and rare loans from public and private collections worldwide.
The show is the first comparative study of the work of three of the greatest designers of the 20th century.
Curated by Stephen Harrison, CMA's curator of decorative art and design, Artistic Luxury: Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique brings together nearly 300 objects from more than 50 international lenders. The exhibition reunites works by Peter Carl Fabergé, Louis Comfort Tiffany, and René Lalique that have not been presented together since they were first shown at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris, where the designers' rivalry took center stage.