the alice and louis koch collection in the swiss national museum, zurich: permanent collection - from historical egyptian, roman, medieval to contemporary rings
one of the world’s largest and most significant collections of rings telling the story of the finger ring from historical egyptian rings, roman rings, medieval rings to contemporary rings of the 20th and 21st century.
i am delighted my “curl” ring in 100% recycled silver is included in the 300 selected items the museum is showing from this collection, illustrating the history of finger rings over a period of 4,000 years.
tour
as part of new york jewelry week 2020, jewellery expert and curator of the collection beatriz chadour-sampson gave a facinating guided tour & talk about the collection, you can still view the recording:
beatriz chadour-sampson
based in england, beatriz chadour-sampson is an international jewellery historian, author and lecturer. she was consultant curator to the redesigning of the william and judith bollinger jewellery gallery and guest curator of the ‘pearls’ exhibition at the v&a. recently, she finished teaching the popular v&a course ‘bedazzled: a history of jewellery.’ she is curator of the alice and louis koch collection at the swiss national museum zurich. beatriz has published numerous books about jewelry including the accompanying book:
rings of the 20th and 21st century
the alice and louis koch collection
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rings of the 20th and 21st century
the alice and louis koch collection
beatriz chadour-sampson, 2019
nearly 600 rings by artist jewellers from around the world document how these miniature works of art have become modern sculptures showcasing new materials and techniques, daring designs and current themes.
hardback
publisher: arnoldsche art publishers
link to book publication
