An Argument for the Narrative

This article is included in the book Feast: Contemporary Jewelry from the Susan Beech Collection, arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 2025, pp. 38–59.

Much of the jewelry in Susan Beech’s collection, whether American or European, can be described as “narrative,” although the designation has been typically regarded as an American anomaly. That having been said, there is a slight difference of opinion among jewelry makers and scholars as to what constitutes “narrative” when the term is applied to jewelry.