Aristocratic jewels

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8 things you didn’t know about cameos

Passionate flights of fancy, golden ages, records broken, forgotten techniques... A few fragments from a thousand-year-old history.

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Kazumi Arikawa donated 3 marvelous jewels to the Met

As the main sponsor of the exhibition "The Body Transformed", Kazumi Arikawa, president of Albion Art, donated 3 European jewels...

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3 highlights on the Sotheby's Bourbon Parma Sale

Passed down, transformed or survivors, 100 pieces evoke 200 years of the Bourbon Parma dynasty. Even if you can't buy...

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Australia, the new Eldorado

Australia – a country that seems very distant to us, with one of the sparsest populations in the world –...

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Hillwood, the home of Marjorie Merriweather Post

From 1959 onward, this American heiress lived in a Neo-Georgian mansion that she conceived as a museum to be bequeathed...

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In bits

Contrary to popular thought, the more precious the materials with which a jewelry piece is made, the less likely it...

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Charlemagne's talisman at the Palais du Tau, Reims

This ninth-century talisman amulet is in fact a reliquary and is on display in the treasury room of the episcopal...

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Al Thani collection, mixed influences

From March 29th to June 5th 2017, the Grand Palais will present "From the Great Mughals to the Maharajahs. Jewels...

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A travel around the Al Thani collection

Just back from India, here is a collage from my scrapbook which illustrates perfectly the feel and the richness of...

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Louis XIV, the “inventor” of French high jewelry

During his reign from 1643 to 1715, Louis XIV assembled all the conditions necessary to make Paris the capital of...

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Style

8 things you didn’t know about cameos

Passionate flights of fancy, golden ages, records broken, forgotten techniques... A few fragments from a thousand-year-old...

Business

Kazumi Arikawa donated 3 marvelous jewels to the Met

As the main sponsor of the exhibition "The Body Transformed", Kazumi Arikawa, president of Albion Art,...

Business

3 highlights on the Sotheby's Bourbon Parma Sale

Passed down, transformed or survivors, 100 pieces evoke 200 years of the Bourbon Parma dynasty. Even...

Business

Australia, the new Eldorado

Australia – a country that seems very distant to us, with one of the sparsest populations...

Jewelers routes

Hillwood, the home of Marjorie Merriweather Post

From 1959 onward, this American heiress lived in a Neo-Georgian mansion that she conceived as a...

Business

In bits

Contrary to popular thought, the more precious the materials with which a jewelry piece is made,...

Jewelers routes

Charlemagne's talisman at the Palais du Tau, Reims

This ninth-century talisman amulet is in fact a reliquary and is on display in the treasury...

My agenda

Al Thani collection, mixed influences

From March 29th to June 5th 2017, the Grand Palais will present "From the Great Mughals...

Jewelers routes

A travel around the Al Thani collection

Just back from India, here is a collage from my scrapbook which illustrates perfectly the feel...

Style

Louis XIV, the “inventor” of French high jewelry

During his reign from 1643 to 1715, Louis XIV assembled all the conditions necessary to make...

Voir plus...