Contemporary jewellery collection, called "Silver Sea", inspired by the decorative motifs of some pieces of furniture, tapestries and decorative objects that comprise the exhibition*, produced by Smithsonian Institution - Encompassing the Globe: Portugal and the World in 16th and 17th centuries.
* This exhibition, featured temporarily at National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon [2009], after having been at the Freer and Sackler Gallery, Washington [2007] and at the Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels [2007-08], was dedicated to the Portuguese maritime expansion in 16th and 17th centuries and the mixed race effects spread throughout Europe.
Design Inês Correia
Acknowledgements National Museum of Ancient Arts ~ Directorate-General of Cultural Heritage ~ Smithsonian Institution
