Stewarding Blackamoor Jewelry

About the lecture:
Travel through time with estate jewelry dealer, designer, and jewelry historian Nia Tahani of The Gem Corps as we explore the nuance and depth of Blackamoor jewelry. During this lecture, you’ll have the opportunity to see rare pieces of antique and vintage blackamoor jewelry, a form of decorative art depicting people of the African diaspora, and dive deeper into the history, the controversy, and the evolution of the collectors’ sphere.

About the presenters:
Nia Tahani is a jeweler, matron of decorative arts, and an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience, guided by an insatiable curiosity for timeless pieces. A cross-cultural expert in jade, Blackamoor, and vintage as well as antique jewelry, her work is driven by the belief that adornment is our birthright, relating her passion for jewelry and gemstones through storytelling and deep material knowledge. Nia is also the designer behind Sweet CHAIRiot, a first-of-its-kind culturally informed Modern Heirloom. Connecting the ritual of adornment to art, history, and culture is at the center of everything she does.

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