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xiafei on Thursday, December 17, 2009 8:29:11 PM
A show arranged to Tiffany
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jewellery Elsa Peretti's association with Tiffany & Company.
In a room
painted deep blue, Miss Peretti and an exhibition designer, Manuel Outumuro,
created 15 vignettes of her work, divided into themes like ''Hearts,'' ''Bones''
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rings rings and Snakes.'' Rather than isolate the objects as pure
sculpture, she displayed them in a context to explain how each idea
evolved.
In the bean exhibit, for example, she displayed dried beans,
sketches of beans and the resulting cuff links, evening bag and pendant. With
the theme of the bean, I have to keep the line good,'' Miss Peretti said. For a
cigarette lighter, the bean becomes rectangular so it can be easily grasped and
the top flipped open. For a purse, however, the bean has a curve in one side
that better suits its use.
In the vignette titled ''Bones
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links she has a sketch of a rabbit bone and a sterling silver candlestick in
the shape of a bone.
A rattlesnake's Return to Tiffany heart tag Charm and
bracelet, Paloma Picasso Loving Heart bracelet she once received as a gift, was
the inspiration Elsa Peretti Teardrop bracelet a belt, and a scorpion-inspired a
necklace.
Although her designs are executed in materials ranging from lacquer
to bamboo to diamonds, she is most famous for her designs in sterling silver, a
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Eternal Circle cuff links with which she has worked since the late 1960's.