‘Restoration Rocks’: jewelry collection with fragments of Guggenheim Museum’s iconic Frank Lloyd Wright building encapsulated in glass.

Always dreamed of owning an architectural masterpiece? Since last April the Guggenheim Museum in New York is offering Restoration Rocks, a special edition jewelry line that incorporates actual historic fragments of Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic Guggenheim Museum. The jewelry line is sold exclusively at the Guggenheim Museum’s retail store and on its website, in anticipation of the museum’s 50th anniversary in 2009.

Designed and fabricated by California-based jewelry artist, Cara Tilker, the collection features nine different designs including earrings, pendants, bracelets, a ring, and cuff links. Lightweight concrete and Gunite remnants, set aside during the 2007 restoration process from the building’s walls, are presented in resin and sterling silver settings. The Restoration Rocks jewelry will be limited in quantity with retail prices ranging from $125.00 to $4,350.00.

As the original landmark building of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, approaches its fiftieth anniversary in 2009, aspects of its facade and rotunda structure are carefully restored. (Photo: David Heald)

Visit the Guggenheim Podcasts page to download an audio file about the exterior restoration. Learn more about the exterior restoration and on the Exterior Restoration page. The Building page provides a brief history of the Frank Lloyd Wright-building. Shop online for merchandise inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s landmark building.

Read New York Times articles from 1991 and 2008 on the museum’s renovation.

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