Egyptomania and the Language of Jewels
How the Discovery of a Boy-King’s Tomb Rewrote the Grammar of Western Jewellery. Part II — The Jewelled Legacy: Maisons, Masterpieces, and the Eternal Return.
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Egyptomania and the Language of Jewels
How the Discovery of a Boy-King’s Tomb Rewrote the Grammar of Western Jewellery. Part I — The Awakening: From Napoleon to Tutankhamun.
Dynastic Jewels at the Hôtel de la Marine
Opened at the Hôtel de la Marine in Paris, ‘Joyaux Dynastiques’ brings together more than 140 royal and aristocratic jewels from the Al Thani Collection, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and major international lenders. Set within a historic monument once home to the French Crown Jewels, the exhibition traces how gemstones and jewellery shaped dynastic power, courtly identity and personal expression across Europe, from the early modern period to the 20th century.
The Unveiling of the Habsburg Jewels and the Centenary Mystery of the Florentine Diamond
After a century of speculation, the Habsburg jewels—led by the legendary 137-carat Florentine Diamond—have resurfaced from a bank vault in Québec, Canada.