F ashion designer Jill Garber returns to the Marburger Farm Antique Show in Round Top this fall for a 12th year, bringing back her collection of modern romantic jewelry, clothing, and accessories to the Zieger House. The historic home is filled to the brim with racks upon racks of her romantic frocks, belts, purses, and glass cases filled with sparkling jewels — all harkening back to another place and time.

Some of her meticulously handmade jewels incorporate micro mosaics, hand-carved Venetian cameos that date back to the 18th century, or hand-painted Georgian-era miniature portraits, Victorian lockets, and mourning heirlooms.

“I select pieces that move me as a collector, as well as having intrinsic value on their own as historical and familial objects of art,” Garber says. Show-goers

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