From Function To Fantasy
Schedule
Wed Oct 08 2025 at 09:30 am to 12:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Wartski | London, EN
About this Event
From Function To Fantasy.
The Brooch from 1200BCE to the Contemporary.
Wartski, 60 St James’s, London SW1.
Wednesday 8th October at 9.30am.
Wartski are world-renowned for their stunning and carefully curated exhibitions, and this one also celebrates the 160th anniversary of the founding of the business in Wales. I know that From Function to Fantasy will be academically informative and lots of fun too.
The Friends will have a special out of hours viewing of the exhibition with Director Katherine Purcell, who many of you will know already from previous visits, so you can be assured of a wonderful morning learning about the history of the brooch.
The exhibition will span the Bronze Age to the Contemporary and include loans from museums including the V & A, the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Musée Lalique and the Schmuckmusuem, though the majority of the exhibits will be from private collections.
Brooches of wide ranging-inspirations and themes will be featured, as will Royal, French Imperial and Russian Imperial examples.
From Sarah Bernhardt to Suffragettes, Sir Edward Burne-Jones to Salavador Dali, famous wearers and designers will be represented as well as the most distinguished jewellers from the 19th to 21st centuries.
Tickets will be limited.
Where is it happening?
Wartski, 60 Saint James's Street, London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 38.62 to GBP 44.04
