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Gilded Age Geishas: 19th Century America’s Obsession with Japan
Gilded Age Geishas: 19th Century America’s Obsession with Japan
In the late 1870s Americans were obsessed with a new style called Japonisme. Influenced by the art and culture of Japan, dishes, earrings, wallpaper and even door hinges suddenly were covered with smiling geishas, paper parasols, and folding fans. Around the country women joined the fashion frenzy, dressing in kimono and holding “Japanese tea parties”. Join Annamarie Sandecki, former Director of the Tiffany & Co. Archives, as she discusses America’s first home decorating obsession.
Gilded Age Geishas: 19th Century America’s Obsession with Japan
Sunday, March 30, 2025
2:00 PM–3:00 PM
Marly Room
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
255 Beach Drive NE, St. Petersburg FL 33701
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ABOUT ANNAMARIE V. SANDECKI
For 30 years Annamarie was the Director of the Tiffany & Co. Archives and Heritage Collection. She was tasked with acquiring vintage Tiffany jewelry, watches, silver hollowware and objects d’art for the Company’s own collection. The resulting assemblage of several thousand museum-quality pieces is universally recognized as the world’s most important group of luxury objects by America’s most iconic jeweler. Recently Annamarie has written about jewelry in Currier & Ives prints and provided object essays for the catalog accompanying The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition Collecting Inspiration, Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. Currently she is an expert researcher for the International Antique Jewelers’ Association as well as a frequent guest lecturer. She is well-known among jewelry enthusiasts for her Instagram account Archivists Delight.
