Museo del Bijou
Via Azzo Porzio 9
26041 Casalmaggiore (CR)
Italia
Ornella Bijoux: In the Heart of Italian Fashion
21st March until 3rd May 2015
Founded in 1944 by Piera Albani together with his daughter Maria Vittoria, Ornella Bijoux is a signature of the most famous of handmade jewelry and awarded a full attestation of Bottega Storica di Milano. From March 21 to May 3, in the Hall Zaffanella the museum will have the honour to present more than 200 jewels, which will tell, through over sixty years of Italian creativity, the succession of fashion from the original, to the elegant Maria Vittoria Albani.
This important exhibition, sponsored in collaboration with Bianca Cappello, historical and critical of the jewel, wants to be the first of a series of monographs dedicated to the great protagonists of jewelery 'Made in Italy', a fascinating chapter of costume jewelery is to be discovered.
In the exhibition there is also a selection of vintage dresses cocktail from the collection of Cavalli e Nastri of Milan and the firm of Biki, with which Ornella Bijoux has worked extensively in the '60s.
Admission: Free
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 10.00 to 12.00 and 15.00 to 18.00; Sunday 15.00 to 19.00
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