VERY woman in the Western world seems to have at least one cameo, often a keepsake handed down from a grandmother or favorite aunt, yet many never see the light of day. Distinctly of another time, ...
Most people think of cameos as formal and sentimental; something sweet and Victorian, pinned to a high-collar lace shirt or carved with a dowager portrait. But today’s cameos are anything but sweet ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A sardonyx cameo of a Grecian god, framed in diamonds and set on a deep red silk cord, caught the eyes of many ...
Last week, during the opening of the 2019 Venice Biennale, artists Cindy Sherman and Catherine Opie unveiled their collaborative project: a series of contemporary cameos carved from shells, based on ...
It seems unlikely that the Mickey Mouse souvenir tie tack we pick up at Disney World today will be a prized piece of antique jewelry a century from now. But who knows? Many of the lava cameos sold as ...
CAMEOS—WEARABLE PORTRAITS carved in relief on materials like shell, lava and agate—were once known for their noble and dignified subjects: Roman emperors, queens and figures from Greek mythology. Now, ...
Most people think of cameos as formal and sentimental; something sweet and Victorian, pinned to a high-collar lace shirt or carved with a dowager portrait. But today’s cameos are anything but sweet ...
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