Tiffany & Co.’s Jewelry and Gemstones Are on Show at Crystal Bridges

A museum in Arkansas will have a little extra sparkle for the next six months.

Crystal Bridges, founded and funded by philanthropist Alice Walton, daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, recently opened a new exhibition exploring the creativity, craft, and exquisite design of Tiffany & Co.

On view from now until March 29, 2027, Nature Adorned: The Artistry of Tiffany & Co. and the American Imagination brings together exceptional jewelry and gemstones from the house’s archives (spanning 1885 to 1987) and pieces from the Crystal Bridges permanent collection to show the way in which art and design have spotlighted the nation’s natural riches over the centuries.

“I hope visitors appreciate how the American landscape inspired Tiffany’s enduring vision of color artistry, artfully curating American-origin gemstones, exceptional jewelry, and artistic works that reflect the nation’s natural grandeur,” Victoria Reynolds, chief gemologist and vice president of high jewelry diamond and gemstone acquisition at Tiffany & Co., said in a statement.

Founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany in 1837, Tiffany & Co. has shaped American jewelry design for 160 years. Under the leadership of the longtime chief gemologist and vice president, the house highlighted American gemstones at a time when European jewelers mostly eschewed them in favor of more stones from more traditional sources. The exhibition showcases wonders such as the Arkansas Diamond, a 27.21-carat stone discovered on a farm near Searcy in 1926 and acquired by Tiffany & Co. in 1946. It ranks among the largest diamonds ever found in the U.S.

The show also includes many pairings that illustrate the relationship between jewelry and fine art and the similarities between the two disciplines. George Paulding Farnham’s 19th-century enameled orchid brooches explore botanical beauty much like the works that painters Martin Johnson Heade and William Jacob Hayes Sr. created around the same time.

“This exhibition reveals the power of seeing the Tiffany Archives and Crystal Bridges collection in conversation,” adds Jen Padgett, Crystal Bridges’ Windgate curator of craft. “Through this collaboration, we can highlight the remarkable creativity, attention to materials, and skilled making that have shaped American art and design across generations.”

Other exhibition highlights include French designer Jean Schlumberger’s iconic Bird on a Rock creations and Hedges and Flowers necklace, a monumental stained-glass mountainscape created by Tiffany Studios and attributed to designer Agnes F. Northrop, and a Tiffany table lamp by Clara Driscoll.

This exhibition is free and open to all—no tickets or reservations needed.