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Horacio Villalobos
It was the talk of the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1900. A single brooch combining the female figure with that of an insect had the Parisian elite reeling, and they flooded René Lalique’s booth within the Jewellers’ Pavilion. Its open wings, made of fine opaline enamel and decorated with diamonds and moonstones, captivated viewers, while its griffin’s claws and chrysoprase female emerging from the mouth of a dragonfly left them speechless. Never had anyone seen jewelry so enchanting yet polarizing.
Rene Lalique’s Dragonfly Brooch debuted at the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1900. Horacio Villalobos
His presentation of the dragonfly-woman brooch and other hybrid designs at the Universal Exhibition has often been considered the crowning moment of René Lalique s career and what propelled him to the status of a master jeweler though Lalique wasn t the first decorator or jewelry aficionado to use the brooches as a way to express his creative visions
SE 01- Travail du serti, ajustement de la pierre . / Setting work, adjusting the stone.
Van Cleef & Arpels announced the opening of a unique pop-up on February 5, that celebrates the iconic moments of Alhambra in Centria Mall.
Faithful to Van Cleef & Arpels’ tradition of excellence, the Alhambra collection reflects all the expertise of a High Jewelry Maison. Created by Van Cleef & Arpels in 1968, the four-leaf clover-inspired Alhambra jewelry collection established itself as a timeless symbol of luck.
Reaffirming the timeless elegance of the Alhambra motif, this immersive experience through a guided tour around the popup of Van Cleef & Arpels, this experience is the first of its kind in the Kingdom where the Maison will present the collection’s enchanting story and its latest creations.
Van Cleef & Arpels Sous les Étoiles high jewellery collection revealed
Inspired by the magnificence of the night sky, Van Cleef & Arpels 2021 high jewellery invites us to dream with the stars
10 February 2021
by
MARIA DOULTON
Like a rare comet sighting, the Van Cleef & Arpels
Sous les Étoiles, heavenly dreams high jewellery is worth the wait. The 150 one-of-a-kind jewels are inspired by the mystery of the cosmos that has transfixed astronomers and awed stargazers throughout history.
In their approach, the designers at Van Cleef & Arpels looked at different interpretations of the night sky. The team was inspired by texts are diverse as classical Greek writings, to the early C17th work of Johannes Kepler ‘Lunar Astronomy’ and Camille Flammarion’s 1880 Astronomie Populaire with its quaint views on the cosmos to the mind-blowing images captured by NASA. The mastery of Van Cleef & Arpels lies in the exquisite sensitivity expressed in each jewel that so vividly captu