<p>• Masterpieces of a renowned museum collection\n• Popularization texts written by curators of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs\n• Brilliant and elegant design\nThe jewelry department at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris comprises some 3,500 pieces and is the only national collection of its kind in France. This book presents bijouterie and joaillerie masterpieces from this high-profile collection which ranges from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period and shines a particular spotlight on the 18th century and the age of Art Nouveau. Daytime or evening jewelry and art jewelry pieces in the form of tiaras, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, pendants, hair or tie pins, rings and stomacher brooches illustrate the boundless creativity of designers. The greatest artists are represented: Sandoz, Vever, Falize, Boucheron, Lalique, Fouquet and Gaillard for Art Nouveau, Raymond Templier and Jean Després for Art Deco, Georges Braque, Jean Lurçat, Line Vautrin, Jean Schlumberger, Torun, Dinh Van, Jonemann and Claude Lalanne for the post-war period, and a number of contemporary designers. The collection also features pieces by the great jewellery houses: Cartier, Boucheron, Chanel, Van Cleef & Arpels and, more recently, JAR. This richly illustrated book accompanies the display in the Galerie des Bijoux at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, which features the collection’s highlights.</p>

The Jewellery Collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs

Arts & Photography

Possémé, Évelyne

Forest, Dominique

Lacquemant, Karine

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Musee des arts decoratifs

Bronze and Gold: The Gilt Bronzes from the Musée Nissim de Camondo

Forray-Carlier, Anne

Legrand-Rossi, Sylvie

Quette, Béatrice

Christofle: A brilliant story

Objets d'usage & de goût dans les premières années du XIXe siècle: Un album de dessins

DE GARY (M.-N.) MUSIN (G.)

<p>• A high quality facsimile reproduction\n• Essays written by leading specialists in economic history, textile techniques, the global cotton trade, technology transfer, and fashion\n• Many appendices: Translation of the manuscript in English, Technical analysis of the samples, Glossary, Indexes, etc.\n• An indispensable reference work for the study of the history of textiles and fashion on the eve of the Industrial Revolution\nIn 1751, John Holker (1719-1786), an English textile manufacturer exiled in France, undertook an industrial espionage mission to England to collect samples of English textiles on behalf of the French king, Louis XV. On his return, the samples were assembled in a manuscript volume, which is now preserved at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris. Each sample in this album is accompanied by a handwritten technical description specifying the quality of the fabric, its price, its dimensions and the manufacturing processes. This album is famous for preserving the oldest identifiable samples of jean fabric. Completely bilingual, the book includes a facsimile reproduction of the album, accompanied by a transcription of its handwritten text and a dozen essays. The essays, written by academics, curators and specialists from France, Britain and North America, explore the album from various angles: the globalization of commerce, the slave trade, industrial espionage, economic rivalry between France and England, the taste for cotton and its role in the history of fashion, etc. The book demonstrates the importance of centuries-old links between France and the United Kingdom and is an indispensable work of reference for the history of textiles. Text in English and French.</p>

The Holker Album: Textile Samples and Industrial Espionage in the 18th Century

Styles, John

Fennetaux, Ariane

Fashion

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