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Big Bling: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels

You probably won't ever have the chance to see another jewelry exhibition like "Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels." The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum on Fifth Avenue in New York City is the dramatic home until June 5 of some 350 dazzling high-art jewelry. Billed as the most comprehensive exhibition ever organized of Van Cleef & Arpels' masterworks, it covers some 100 years of the company creations -- not just jewels, but timepieces, extraordinary cigarette cases and evening bags.

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Do Your Holiday Shopping At Grand Central Terminal at the Shop at Cooper-Hewitt

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

If your journeys take you through Grand Central in New York City this holiday season, you can do your shopping at a new off-site retail location of The Shop at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum at the Graybar Passage of Grand Central Terminal. The new kiosk joins other retailers with Graybar Passage Kiosks which offer quick shopping for those in transit.

The new kiosk is open from November 4 through Janurary 31, 2011, and will offer a selection of 25 design works from the museum's shop. The shop's cheerful bright color comes from the use of USM Modular Furniture's Haller system in orange, a color available for the first time in three decades. Cooper-Hewitt chose the USM Haller system-a 1963 design classic, to outfit its museum shop and now the kiosk. The system itself, available in several different configurations and colors, is also available for purchase.

The gifts themselves are well curated, the sort of cool, quirky, well-designed objects that make unusual gifts for those who are hard to shop for. Items at the kiosk are also for sale at the main Shop at Cooper-Hewitt and online at www.cooperhewittshop.org.

Gallery: The Shop at Cooper-Hewitt, Grand Central Terminal

Brass candlesticks by designer Eva Zeisel

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Paro Double Wine Goblet

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Filed under: Dining, Wine

Designed in 1983 by by Achille Castiglioni, the leaded crystal Paro Double Wine Goblet marries two vessels into one graceful object. Used upside down or downside up, the inverted cones serve as the base and the bowl. Part of the permanent collection in the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, these goblets give an entirely different meaning to wine pairing. $120 each at the Cooper-Hewitt Shop.

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