Emmy van Leersum (1930-1984) a famous Dutch jewellery designer, studied at the Instituut voor Kunstnijverheidsonderwijs in Amsterdam - now  Rietveld Academy - from 1958-1962. In 1963 she studied at the Konstfack Skolan in Stockholm, together with Gijs Bakker, whom s he married in  1966.

In 1967 they organized a revolutionary jewellery show in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, on the occasion of an exhibi tion of  contemporary jewellery. She was invited to lecture and join panel discussions and workshops, all over the world.

Awards includ e the 1968 Gold  and Silver Medals at the International Jewellery Exhibition, Jablonec, Czechoslovakia and the Herbert-Hofmann-Gedächtnispreis, München 1983.  From 1966 she had solo-exhibitons and participated in group-exhibitions in The Netherlands and abroad. In 1993 Museum Het Krui thuis organized  a retrospective exhibition and an acompanying monography Broken Lines Emmy van Leersum 1930 - 1984.

Her designs can be found in collections of the Dutch government, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Victoria and Albert Museum London, the Power House Mu seum,  Sydney and other museum collections in Holland and abroad.

See: CHP22