Chaumet exhibition “Brillantes Écritures” in Paris
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In January, this year Chaumet shifted temporary base to an elegant hotel particulier at 165, boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris while its historic address on Place Vendome was undergoing restoration. The new cultural center in the heart of the iconic Left Bank
Chaumet exhibition “Brillantes Écritures” in Paris
In January, this year Chaumet shifted temporary base to an elegant hotel particulier at 165, boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris while its historic address on Place Vendome was undergoing restoration. The new cultural center in the heart of the iconic Left Bank neighborhood gives Chaumet a chance to share its history with Parisians through a series of exhibitions and events. The first, which opened on February 22, titled “Brillantes Ecritures,” is an exhibition that explores Chaumet’s intimate ties with prominent literary figures. The exhibition runs until April 1, 2019, as per the LVMH website.“Throughout its history Chaumet has won the hearts and minds of literati and inspired great writers in every period. The exhibition “Brillantes Ecritures” presents a dazzling dialogue between works of literature, historical jewels, archival documents, drawings, and photographs. The pieces displayed recount the ties that Chaumet nurtured with celebrated writers who were its clients, such as Edith Wharton or Karen Blixen, literary figures including Marie-Laure de Noailles and the Comtesse Greffulhe, and above all the many great writers who made reference to the Maison in their writings,” says the website.As per the website, Jean-Baptiste Fossin headed Chaumet in the Romantic period, and regularly embodied the figure of a virtuoso jeweler celebrated by the Le Tout-Paris in works by Honore de Balzac, Alfred de Musset, Theophile Gautier, Prosper Merimee, Alexandre Dumas and others. The literary giants offer an startling rediscovery of different chapters in Chaumet’s history spanning historical accounts, society chronicles, and romance novels alike.“The story of Chaumet’s remarkable jewels is very much a work in progress, and the exhibition also features a previously unreleased short story by Veronique Ovalde, inspired by her fascination with precious stones and her encounter with Maison Chaumet. Her story transforms jewels into privileged observers of a family story, taking readers from modern-day France to imperial Russia via the Riviera and the Roaring Twenties,” says the website.As per the Chaumet website, over the course of its history, the Maison has fascinated intellectuals and enthused the greatest writers. The exhibition is a coming together of literary works, archive documents, historic jewels, drawings and photographs. The pieces exhibited tell the story of the connection between the Maison and its famous writer clients and literary figures. The characters enable you to rediscover so many chapters in Chaumet’s history in an unexpected way, through historic accounts, society columns and romance novels.Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition https://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more
