Viewing Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry From the Helen Williams Drutt Collection, you might think poor Helen Williams Drutt has to walk around unadorned these days.

Not so.

Drutt, whose collection was acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 2002, visited the museum recently wearing loads of bold, wearable art — including a new wedding ring.

"I'm 76 and a bride," she said, beaming. Jet-black hair peeked from under her well-worn Panama hat, and her eyes sparkled through massive Jean Paul Gaultier glasses with curly metal "eyelashes" at the corners.

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