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Stopped by The Museum of Arts and Decoration for lunch and to see a super exhibit called Hanging Around. Tons and tons of necklaces!

Apr 19, 2012•by tracey •Comments

There is a wonderful museum in Columbus Circle called The Museum of Arts and Design. I have been meaning to go into it since, well, four years. Yesterday I finally made it; thanks to my friend Arthur Brooks who suggested we have lunch at the restaurant Robert , which has a spectacular view from the seventh floor of the museum.

If Arthur hadn’t said let’s go, I’m sure I would have been at Pain Quotidian eating my usual quinoa salad.

So we had a terrific lunch and then on the way down I saw they had an exhibit of necklaces from their own collection called Hanging Around. Well, I was so there. Actually I was so tossed out and told I had to go down and buy a ticket. Arthur waited for me in the gift shop as I don’t think he wanted me to spend twelve dollars on him to look at a bunch of necklaces. He’s a very good sport, he didn’t even have to wait for me.

It’s a wonderful museum.They also have a show up now of glass sculptures from The Venice Biennale. So if you are coming to NYC or live here I suggest stopping by and if you have time, have a meal or drink at Robert. BTW, Robert is not the chef, it’s named after the uber event planner the late Robert Isabell.

IMG_3939 view — Part of the view from Robert, the rest looks towards the park

IMG_4024 room — The Room Where They Are Displayed

IMG_3949 undergladd — Necklace under glass.

IMG_3950 slinky necklace — Slinky Necklace - sort of.

IMG_3942 green — I did not have a pen and was rushing so I do not know the designers.

IMG_3953 early robert lee morris — Except this one which is early Robert Lee Morris

IMG_3995 silver — I think this one is very cool. Not so easy to wear.

IMG_3973 japnesese — Here you can see who designed it.

IMG_3974 simple — You could just put it on with whatever you are wearing.

IMG_3979 yellow — This was either made out of paper or enamel. I know it's like saying it was either a car or a boat. I just don't remember.

IMG_3975 big — Heavy is the neck that wears this necklace

IMG_3951 madoona bra — 90's Madonna Bra, Jean Paul Gautier looking necklace

IMG_4001 messy — I'm really not sure what is going on here, but I liked it.

IMG_3997 drawer — Under the vitrines they had about twenty drawers filled with more necklaces.

IMG_4002 neckalce — Color Blocking. Not sure how you get this on. You must need a very small head.

IMG_3967 cigaretts — This was actually my favorite.

IMG_3963 up close — This was the central bubble, filled with cigarette butts. It didn't make me want to go back to smoking but it did make me laugh

I found out after I wrote this whole thing that all the designers are listed along with the names and dates of each piece. I’m too lazy to redo it. So if you are interested click on the Hanging Around link to see what is what by whom.

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