WELCOME TO PRIMAVERA GALLERY
For over forty years, we have been seeking out the finest and most interesting decorative objects, jewelry, furniture, and paintings associated with the major design movements of our century.
The fine pieces that you see on our site represent only a small part of our in-depth inventory.
We hope you enjoy our collection.
THE COLLECTION
The fine pieces that you see on our site represent only a small part of our in-depth inventory.
We are proud to have been instrumental in building a number of fine, private collections. Why not let us help you to either create a great collection, or find that perfect piece of jewelry, furniture, or beautiful object?
Primavera Gallery is also interested in purchasing fine pieces in every area of our interest. If you have a piece, or an entire collection that you are interested in selling, please contact us.
JEWELRY
We are known world-wide for our fine, rare and collectible vintage, estate and period jewels spanning over 200 years of jewelry design, with pieces dating from the late 17th century up until the present. Our emphasis is on unusual signed pieces, Art Deco through the 1960 ‘s.
We are not interested in large diamonds or masses of precious stones — this, for us, is geology rather than jewelry. We are interested in great style, exciting design and integrity of workmanship. Our collection includes all of the major individual designers, as well as the great jewelry houses.
We also offer the work of individual contemporary jewelry designers of special merit, among them Pol Bury, Bruno Martinazzi and Andrew Grima, and we are adding interesting contemporary and studio jewelry from many talented designers working today.
MUSEUMS & LENDING
Over the years we have also loaned to and sold to many museums, including:
Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Victoria and Albert Museum
The Cooper-Hewitt Museum
The Museum of Modern Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts
The Toledo Museum of Art
The Portland Museum of Art
The Taft Museum
The Los Angeles Museum of Art
The Norwest Collection
The National Jewelry Institute at the Forbes Galleries
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts
The Design Museum of Helsinki, Finland
Museo degli Argenti
Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
The Daytona Art Institute
The Andy Warhol Museum
The Houston Center for Contemporary Art
The Field Museum, Chicago, IL
The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
The Palo Alto Art Center, CA
The Munson Williams Proctor Museum, NY State
The Norton Museum in Palm Beach, Florida
The Royal Ontario Museum
The Winnipeg Art Gallery
The Mori Arts Center Gallery, Tokyo
HOW IT WAS
The 1970’s were a very exciting time for us. We opened our gallery on Madison Avenue and 68th in 1971, after dealing privately for several years. Art Nouveau had already become very popular, and we were dealing in Tiffany, Lalique and beautiful silver jewelry — we couldn’t yet afford gold.
Frequent trips to Paris introduced us to great Art Deco, and beautiful pieces from both periods were coming out of the original homes. In addition to many dealers, the Flea Market was a treasure hunt. The Weiner Werkatatte Movement was also very sought after, and we went often to Vienna.
There were always great things to buy, and we had some very notable clients, including Andy Warhol, who was a regular visitor. Audrey even appeared as View Girl in Andy’s Interview Magazine.
The 1970’s were a very exciting time for us. We opened our gallery on Madison Avenue and 68th in 1971, after dealing privately for several years. Art Nouveau had already become very popular, and we were dealing in Tiffany, Lalique and beautiful silver jewelry — we couldn’t yet afford gold.
Frequent trips to Paris introduced us to great Art Deco, and beautiful pieces from both periods were coming out of the original homes. In addition to many dealers, the Flea Market was a treasure hunt. The Weiner Werkatatte Movement was also very sought after, and we went often to Vienna.
There were always great things to buy, and we had some very notable clients, including Andy Warhol, who was a regular visitor. Audrey even appeared as View Girl in Andy’s Interview Magazine.
