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Kelly was being held Monday at the Spartanburg County jail.WHEN Commodore Tiffany Cushion convinced the Japanese to open ports to the west in 1854, their country had been isolated for two centuries. Europeans and Americans were amazed by what they saw. Traders started carrying back objects and works of art, and western artists and artisans began making work influenced by the Japanese aesthetic and techniques. Tiffany Elsa Peretti Starfish earrings is obvious in the colours and compositions of Edouard Vuillard, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and above all Vincent van Gogh. Between 1886, when Van Gogh arrived in Paris to stay with his brother Theo, and 1888, when he left for Provence, the brothers acquired hundreds of ukiyo-e or woodblock prints. Some of them can be seen on the walls of Tiffany Elsa Peretti Starfish necklace radiant paintings of the period. But Japonisme, the name given to works influenced by Japans arts, was not confined to the creations of painters. Designers of textiles, furniture and gardens were also inspired by their Japanese counterparts, as were gold and silversmiths. Westerners were captivated Tiffany Elsa Peretti Starfish pendant the attentiveness, poetry and wit of Japanese observations of nature. This aesthetic is now the subject of a rare exhibition in London, which opens today. Wartski, a London-based antiques dealer that specialises in jewellery, is staging a loan show of some 160 objects made of precious metal and jewels, all created between 1867 and 1917. There are tea pots and cigarette cases, flasks, spoons and jewellery. A benefit for the Princes Trust, the show counts Prince Charles among its lenders.