For a limited time,L'École des Arts Joailliers/ School of Jewelry Arts is presenting the exquisite A New Art – Metamorphoses of Jewelry 1880-1914, which I saw last week.
In the late 1800s, Paris and France were swept up by the Art Nouveau architecture and design movement, a bold, new decorative style that lasted until about 1915. Jewelry designers and jewelry houses, such as René Lalique, Georges Fouquet, Élisabeth Bonté, Victor Prouvé, Jean Dampt, Jules Desbois, Edward Colonna and Eugène, were greatly influenced by the movement with the birth of a renaissance of rich and ornamental jewelry and accessories.
The exhibition, displayed in two intimate salons, is divided into three sections, representing three facets of the era- Fairy -like Nature, Bloomings, and Abstractions. Beautifully crafted vitrines display a range of 100 rings, brooches, decorative hair combs, earrings, and pendants, from private collections and art intuitions. Each piece is an exquisite work of art, and I spent a long time viewing each one and the incredible, tiny details.
My friend Paul Paradis, a former Parisian of the Month, was a co-curator of the exhibit along with the head curator, Rossella Froissart, and they borrowed the pieces from some of the most prestigious decorative arts museums and art intuitions including the Lalique Museum in Wingen-sur-Moder, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the Musée Orsay, the Schmuckmuseum in Pforzheim, and the Albion Art private collection.
A New Art – Metamorphoses of Jewelry 1880-1914
Until September 30, 2023
L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts
31 rue Danielle Casanova, 75001
From Monday to Saturday, 11 pm to 7 pm
Evening hours on Thursdays until 8 pm
The exhibition will be closed from August 5th to 21st
Guided tours in French on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 6 pm to 7 pm.
Free admission by reservation
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