Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) proudly presents Italian Arts & Design: The 20th Century. On display at the ROM from Saturday, October 28, 2006 until Sunday, January 7, 2007, in the Museum's beautifully renovated third floor Centre Block, Italian Arts & Design showcases nearly 300 highly representative works of 20th-century Italian art and design, including a full range of objects from furniture and glass to textiles and ceramics, as well as paintings, sculpture, photography, and architectural drawings.
Many objects in the exhibition have never before been on public display. Italian Arts & Design was produced by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in co-operation with the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museo Mart (Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto), Rovereto, Italy.
Robert Little, Mona Campbell Curator of European Decorative Arts in the ROM's World Cultures Department, and curator of Italian Arts & Design at the ROM states, “This stunning exhibition provides a unique opportunity to enjoy a range of works from across the spectrum of 20th-century Italian art and design, all brought together in one place, that would be impossible to experience otherwise.”
A pair of 18 karat white and yellow gold Acorn earrings and a Leaf necklace, comprised of 77 round brilliant diamonds and one single cut diamond weighing approximately three carats, are from the House of Buccellati. Also among the dramatic jewellery on display is a diamondand platinum brooch, designed by Bulgari.
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