Event Schedule

Jewelry in Perspective is being held in conjunction with the exhibition Chicago Collects: Jewelry in Perspective on view at the Driehaus Museum, Chicago from May 24-September 28, 2024.

DAY 1 Saturday, June 1, 2024 1 p.m. EDT start of Zoom Event

LIST OF SPEAKERS

Opening remarks, Yvonne Markowitz

Elyse Zorn Karlin/mini lecture, King Ludwig II of Bavaria’s Bejewelled Watch

Darcy Evon, Clara Barck Welles: The Kalo Shop’s Feminist Founder and Her Legacy

Bill Drucker, The Art of Georg Jensen

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Beatriz Chadour Sampson, Nineteenth Century Revival Jewellery in Europe: from Inspiration to Fakes

Elyse Zorn Karlin - Highlights of Chicago Collects: Jewelry in Perspective

DAY 2, Sunday, June 2, 2024 1 p.m. EDT start of Zoom Event

LIST OF SPEAKERS

Opening remarks, Elyse Zorn Karlin

Beth Carver Wees, Cameo Fever: From Catherine the Great to Scarlett O’Hara

Marie Betteley, The Astounding Discovery of the Royal Thai Collection of Fabergé: a Personal Story

Janis Staggs, Essentially Feminine: Modern Viennese Jewelry

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Elyse Zorn Karlin, Continuing the Tradition: Contemporary Chicago Studio Jewelers-

A Tour of Selected Objects in the Driehaus Museum