Lila: The Art of Hosting, from the Banquet to the Coffee Table

A silver bee rests on a honeycomb of sodalite, obsidian and garnet that Ilias Lalaounis made in 1974, and here it sits on a table his wife Lila dressed herself. For her 90th birthday the museum asked Lila Lalaouni, now chair of its board, to lay out his objects as she did for 56 years of formal dinners.

You walk through a dining room set for a banquet, under Michalis Vafiadis's portraits of the four Lalaounis daughters, then a living room and a study. More than 120 works from 25 collections sit beside sketches, models and press clippings, from his work beyond jewelry: office objects for the male clients he courted, miniature boats, DNA in rock crystal. Think of your yiayia's cabinet of good glasses nobody may touch, if your grandfather had worked in 22-carat gold.

The museum's general ticket is €10 (€5 for students and seniors at the desk, free under 18), it's open until 18:00 on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and the show closes on 28 December.