A bridge between fashion and art, jewelry is a unique avenue for the expression of personal style and sentiment. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the Morse, Genius, and McKean families assembled a varied and important collection of jewelry that reflects major artistic movements and represents a diverse range of makers. Handpicked highlights the family’s personal heirlooms and collected jewelry pieces, enriched by archival photographs that document their meaning and use.
Enjoy works by Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Art Jewelry Department including the peacock and flamingo necklace exhibited at the 1906 Salon of the Société des Artistes Français in Paris. And match several pieces of jewelry worn by Morse Museum founder and arts champion Jeannette Genius McKean (1909–89) from archival photographs to the objects themselves.
