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David Webb invites you to finally take A Walk in the Woods with his first ever in-house exhibition

David Webb will finally get its moment: The jeweler will stage its first in-house product retrospective this September, following a two-year delay caused by the pandemic.

“A Walk in the Woods: David Webb’s Artful Animals” will feature Webb’s intricate, colorful designs as well as original photography and video. It will be staged at the jeweler’s flagship boutique in Manhattan at 942 Madison Avenue from Sept. 19 through Oct. 2 and can be viewed by appointment.

The exhibit focuses on Webb’s signature approach to animal figures throughout his breadth of jewelry. Cheekily, some of Webb’s best-known animal-inspired works were photographed in nature for a surreal effect.

David Webb has staged two exhibits with outside partners in the past, both in 2014 at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, and in 2018 at the Doris Duke House in Newport, Rhode Island.

Among the pieces on display in the exhibition, culled from an archive of more than 50,000 creations, sketches, and invoices, are a ruby, diamond, and black and white enamel zebra bracelet that was once owned by Diana Vreeland, and a carved-coral, emerald, sapphire, and diamond monkey brooch that was the last piece Webb designed before his death in 1975. The brand will also debut two new owl jewels as part of the show: a brooch of amethyst and green and white enamel, and a bracelet of animal heads and gemstone beads, both of which customers can purchase after the exhibition closes.