Though the venerable jeweler Bulgari opened its first shop in Rome in 1884, it wasn't until the decades following World War II that the house developed what would become known as the "Italian school" of jewelry design, reinterpreting forms both Greco-Roman and Renaissance.

Those influences and numerous others are evident in "The Art of Bulgari: La Dolce Vita & Beyond, 1950–1990," at San Francisco's de Young Museum starting September 21. The 150 examples on view, which range from a gold necklace incorporating Byzantine coins to a flower-shaped brooch studded with diamonds, will be a revelation to both jewelry and design lovers.

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