LOOK OF LOVE OPENS IN MINNEAPOLIS

Oval Gold Pendant surrounded by seed pearls.ca 1830

The Look of Love: Eye Miniatures from the Skier Collection 

The exhibition opens May 15, 2014, and runs through August 24, at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts  Click here for their website.

Gold Oval brooch and pendant surrounded by split pearls, ca. 1835-40

 

Here at Number One London, we have a close and affectionate feeling for this wonderful and unique exhibition.  Our frequent guest blogger Jo Manning wrote  some very special stories for the catalogue.

Here is Jo's blog about the original opening at the Birmingham Museum of Art in March, 2012.

Bracelet surmounted with miniature in gold surround with drop pearl;

 plaited hairwork on reverse; gray right eye. n.d.

Victoria had a delightful meeting with Nan Skier at the original venue, the Birmingham Museum of Art in Alabama visited in April, 2012. You can read an account of that meeting here.

Jo attended the opening at the Look of Love Exhibitions' second venue in Georgia, and wrote about it here.

Rose gold octagonal pendant surrounded by blue enamel with half pearls. Brown left eye.

The Look of Love exhibition was also shown at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware. September 21, 2013 - January 5, 2044. Click here for more information.

Gold oval brooch surrounded by foil-backed red pastes, ca. 1790. Blue left eye

surrounded by curls. Attributed to Richard Cosway.

Here's hoping you have had an opportunity to see this outstanding collections of treasures!

All photos, ©Birmingham Museum of Art, Sean Pathasema, photographer