TAFT TO PRESENT ‘JEWELS’ NOV. 30

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CINCINNATI, OHIO — The Taft Museum of Art will present the exhibition, “Jewels of Time: Watches from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute,” November 30–January 27.

This exhibition presents 80 of the most finely worked, and technically sophisticated European and American watches from the collection formed around 1900 by brothers Thomas and Frederick Proctor, collectors from Utica, N.Y. Spanning the period of the Renaissance to the early Twentieth Century, the collection is one of the largest and most important ever formed in the United States.

The installation will be divided into 11 different categories that demonstrate distinct types of watches, each with its own opulent masterpieces. This exhibition is the first to explore watches within the history of decorative arts and jewelry as opposed to the history of their engineering. It will complement the Taft’s own historic watch collection and can be seen against the background of the watchmaking industry that flourished in the Tristate area during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.

The Taft Museum of Art is at 316 Pike Street downtown. For information, 513-241-0343 or www.taftmuseum.org.