A meeting very popular with jewelry lovers, the themed exhibitions organized by the Van Cleef & Arpels house are back in the spotlight at the start of the year.
After the bestiary or even humor, it is the meeting between haute couture and the know-how of the Place Vendôme that is in the spotlight until April 15 in the House Heritage Gallery.
A perfect harmony dating back to the very birth of the brand, between the front of the bodice in ribbons, ultra-supple solar knits or precious minaudières highly prized by fashionable clients of the time, from the Duchess of Windsor to Marlene Dietrich.
Precious fusion
Ruban bracelet in platinum, yellow gold, rubies and diamonds, Van Cleef & Arpels, 1936.
Van Cleef & Arpels / Press photo
This pretty glance in the retro is sublimated by a staging signed by the artist duo Céline Thibault and Géraud Pellottiero.
It puts the spotlight on 42 archival pieces, including nine that had never before been unveiled in Paris.
A first not to be missed.
Van Cleef & Arpels, "Couture inspiration" at the Heritage Gallery, 20, place Vendôme, 75001 Paris.
Volutes minaudière in platinum, yellow gold, black lacquer, diamonds, Van Cleef & Arpels, 1935.
Van Cleef & Arpels / Press photo
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