Chaumet Drawing from Nature /anglais - Couverture rigide

Rio, Gaelle/jeanson M

 
9780500023815: Chaumet Drawing from Nature /anglais
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0500023816 ISBN 13 : 9780500023815
Editeur : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2023

Synopsis

Chaumet Drawing from Nature, 9780500023815

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À propos des auteurs

Gaëlle Rio is Director of the Musée de la Vie Romantique in Paris. She specializes in nineteenth-century art and in her previous position at the Petit Palais curated a number of exhibitions, including "Jewelry from the Petit Palais"; "The Art of Pastel, from Degas to Redon"; and "Paris 1900."

Marc Jeanson is former director of the National Herbarium at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. He is currently the Botanical Director of the Majorelle Garden in Marrakech, Morocco.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

A stunning celebration of the ravishing nature-themed drawings created by Parisian high-jewelry house Chaumet from the 18th century to today.

One of the most storied high-jewelry houses in Paris, Chaumet has been entwined with the history of France ever since its founding in 1780. Appointed official jeweler to Empress Josephine, the house has passed down its unique savoir-faire for almost 240 years. Each generation of Chaumet jewelers has looked to the natural world as a key source of inspiration, dreaming up ruby orchids, delicate laurel-wreath tiaras, striking diamond starbursts and a beguiling array of animals – from birds and butterflies to snakes and octopuses – on necklaces, brooches and head-pieces.

Drawings were used not only to research and develop ideas, revealing little-known aspects of the creative process of jewelry design, but also to present fully conceptualized bespoke pieces to clients, tempting them to place an order. These beautiful and inventive drawings – many of which are published here for the first time – are presented in thematic chapters (‘Flowers’, ‘Trees and Plants’, ‘Bestiary’, ‘Universe’), while essays by curator Gaëlle Rio offer a concise art-historical perspective.

A visually fascinating compendium, this unique book will delight all lovers of jewelry, art and nature.

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Éditeur
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0500023816
ISBN 13 
9780500023815
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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