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NEW YORK \u2014 The Museum of Arts and Design has received a donation of 800 pieces of silver jewelry designed in the 20th century by tribal and ethnic artisans from around the world.<\/p>\n
The collection is a gift from Daniel and Serga Nadler, who amassed the pieces over 30 years during expeditions to remote areas of Africa, China, Egypt, Greece, India, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Thailand and western United States. <\/p>\n
The museum described the collection of unsigned pieces of wearable art as “one of the most comprehensive holdings of tribal, ethnic and contemporary jewelry in the world.”<\/p>\n
“The collection helps underscore our commitment to the idea that design is a universal phenomenon and that ideas in the visual arts are echoed in other parts of the world that most people don’t think about,” David McFadden, MAD’s chief curator, said Monday.<\/p>\n
Many of the Nadler pieces were worn by the indigenous people as symbols of status and wealth. All are executed in silver, with a few incorporating amber, coral, turquoise and enamel. While the majority are decorative, some had practical applications, such as an ornamental enamelled brooch used to hold together the clothing of Beni Yenni women in the mountainous region of northern Algeria.<\/p>\n
But their “real value is vested in the design,” said McFadden.<\/p>\n
“Their forms and the techniques have strong reverberations in modern and contemporary jewelry design,” he said. “Over the last half century, many, many jewellers have been inspired by this material.”<\/p>\n
Among the highlights is a pair of silver anklets from India, each weighing almost two pounds, and worn as a statement both of fashion and status.<\/p>\n
The museum, formerly known as the American Craft Museum, is scheduled to move to a new facility on Columbus Circle on Sept. 27. The collection will be presented in an opening exhibition alongside the works of other jewelry artists, said director Holly Hotchner, “so that visitors will be able to explore the similarities and differences in process, materials, shape and form.”<\/p>\n
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