Independent Antique & Vintage Jewellery Workshop · 1860s-1960s
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Chioschetto Century Collections
Gathered over decades, studied in our workshop, and then explained and put on the timeline, our collections are a great source of knowledge and inspiration
1860—1970
Title of the collection
The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Here must be a large picture of a collection on the pergament paper with my handwritten descriptions and illustrations
It all started with cicadas. I met them everywhere and soon found they were not pieces of the same epoch. Some were decorated with diamonds, others were minted in plain aluminum. They were a huge hit of the '60s revival wave but arrived in the XXI century rather odd.

There were also other trends over the decades. Bees, dragonflies, even usual flies. What made one or another insect fashionable? I thought.
This is how I made my first timeline collection over the decades and what I saw...

Polina Lyapustin
Curator of Chioschetto
Read the case study for Insects Century Collection
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J.G. Keulemans' illustrations for the 1871 album Exotic Birds, as well as fashion magazines of various years from 1890 to 1954, were used to design the site.
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