17 August 2016
On October 8th and 9th 2016, a sale will be exclusively dedicated to Chanel jewelry from the 1960s until today, in materials like brass, faux pearls and glass paste. Estimated from between €20 and €20,000, their value is primarily based on each’s level of creativity and the effect it creates on an outfit. What Gabrielle Chanel favored from the 1920s onward when she mixed them with the “genuine”.
The nose ornaments in this exhibition are nothing short of sumptuous! Whether with pendants, crab-shaped, bimetal, rounded, hammered, these decorations...
Seeing jewelry in museums seems natural enough, but that wasn’t the case until the end of the 19th century!
The Comité Colbert is sounding the alarm: certain typically French skills are in danger of disappearing in the next 10 years! The luxury industry has 80...
Cartier was not merely inspired by motifs from distant cultures: the jeweler’s new creations have also often incorporated elements from old jewelry or...
Place Vendôme and the Rue de la Paix, I’ve photographed the most beautiful displays, from Cartier and Tiffany&Co. to Chanel.
Together with Mathias Kiss, Ségolène Dangleterre has created three pieces of jewelry: square bronze rings, layered and shaped like a cornice. Photo ©...