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Suite of micromosaic jewellery, Italian, 1800-25. A souvenir of The Grand Tour.

Glass micromosaic set in gold. In the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.

'Jewelry parures were among the most popular of souvenirs from Italy. Designed for women, a parure traditionally consisted of a necklace with matching bracelets, earrings and a brooch or pin, although some also included accessories such as hair ornaments and tiaras. The intricate mosaic jewels, handset by the finest Roman craftsmen, captured the beautiful scenery of the Italian countryside. Commonly, each segment would depict ruins or monuments in Rome. The images are micro-mosaics, a specialty of Italian workshops, are comprised of tiny tesserae (small rectangles) of either semi-precious stones like marble and lapis lazuli, or as in this instance, colored glass.

To create the mosaic a craftsman would use tweezers to patiently arrange hundreds of the colored tesserae on a pane of glass. The finest craftsman could place up to 5,000 tesserae per square inch. Any gaps were filled with a colored wax and the piece was then carefully polished. It is estimated that there were between 150 to 200 workshops in Rome creating micro-mosaics by the middle of the nineteenth century.

The tesserae in this parure were mounted on gold filigree and ringed with a rich cobalt blue border. Its mosaics feature Italy’s scenes including the Pantheon, the Coliseum, the Temple of Vesta, and St. Peter’s Basilica.' X

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Partita for Lute ("Partia al Liuto composta dal Sig.re J.S. Bach") in a-minor, BWV 997 (BWV 997.2), II. Fuga. Arranged and performed by Hopkinson Smith, lute.

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Upper Astral (David Storrs, David Naegele & Robert Slap) – Upper Astral Suite - The Valley of the Sun - 1981

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Augmented by mirrors and marble, the tone of graceful simplicity in the master suite culminates in the Master Bath, where a wall of sycamore curves to separate a whirlpool spa from the bedroom. Transluscent window screens enhance the effect of airy purity.

Contemporary Apartments (The Worlds of Architectural Digest), 1982