Center for the Study of the Early Modern World

Cecilia has a background in fashion design, fashion theory, gemmology, and most recently a Master's degree from the Royal College of Arts, in a joint degree with the Victoria and Albert Museum, in the History of design. Her work has been looking at the socio-cultural understanding and relevance of jewelry, gems, and their imitations in the early modern period. Within that, her work is driven by a desire to question dominant narratives while combining avenues of research previously not brought together. At Brown, she aims to bridge design history and the history of science to understand why we know what we know and whether more can be said as information becomes more readily available.