Le bijou dessiné, designing jewels. Rome Painters needed trees

Painters needed trees

and the Roman Empire

the "Haute Dentelle" exhibition offers a unique insight into the ultra-contemporary uses of lace within the most demanding of fashion arts

and a talented colorist

Toutes étaient l’oeuvre de l’art des hommes : statues

Le bijou dessiné, designing jewels. Rome Painters needed treesJewelry design has long remained hidden from public view. Whether functional or the bearers of unfulfilled dreams, these paper jewels have nevertheless, since the 15th century, been the shadowy side of the models to which they often gave birth. This book presents around a hundred drawings, mainly from the Van Cleef & Arpels Collection on Jewelry Culture, dating from the second half of the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century. It sheds