The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert collection is one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of micro-mosaics. Arthur Gilbert coined the term ‘micro-mosaic’ himself and supported the pioneering publications and exhibitions on the subject. During this lecture, Alice Minter, Curator of the Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert, will present renowned highlights from ...
Speakers: Jewellery historian Vivienne Becker and Helen Molesworth, Dr GenevièveDavies, Senior Curator of Jewellery, Victoria & Albert Museum, London Together, Vivienne Becker and Helen Molesworth discuss the role of the Victoria & Albert Museum Collection, as both education and inspiration, in our jewellery world today. They will talk about ...
Speaker: Gislain Aucremanne Introduction This article is about Tutankhamun and the legacy he had in the history of jewellery. Howard Carter discovered the tomb in 1922. Since that moment, this discovery started a revolution in Egyptology, and in the interest called Egyptomania, the passion for Egypt. The notion ...
Panel discussion moderated by Katerina Perez (influencer), with David Roux-Fouillet (Head of the Department of Product Design, Jewellery and Accessories, HEAD Geneva), Olivier Bachet (expert), Vivienne Becker (jewellery historian, author) and Alix Dumas (Designer) Sometimes we look at a piece of jewellery and we fall in love with it ...
Speaker: Olivier Bachet Introduction Olivier Bachet has deep knowledge of Cartier. During a fascinating talk held during the November edition of GemGenève, he spoke about the influence that Fabergé had on various jewellery designers – most notably, Cartier. Various elements link Fabergé and Cartier between the end of ...
Speakers: Fondation Fabergé – Dr. Bernard Ivaldi, Alexandra Blin Kourbatoff The art of enamel in Russia is intricately tied to the ancient cultural traditions of the Byzantine Empire, which spread to the territory of Egypt, France, and Italy, becoming the foundation of the technical traditions of enamel art in ...
Speaker: Amanda Triossi This talk will introduce the readers to the stylistic development of the necklace – from its origins to recent times. Through this overview the readers will not only appreciate the extraordinary stylistic development of the necklace, which is linked largely to the changes of fashion, but ...
Speakers: Richa Goyal Sikri, Dharmendra Tank, David Nassi, David Bennett, Tony Brooke Long read When it comes to diamonds, unless you are tracking a diamond from mine to market, it’s impossible to tell where it’s from. Thanks to geological events that occurred millions of years ago, the characteristics of ...
Lecture by Vivienne Becker, jewellery historian and author – Long Read Modernism is a hundred years old, but it is still very much alive and is driving jewellery into a whole new mood of avant-garde conceptual, abstract sophistication. There are distinct parallels between the 1920s and the 2020s, between ...
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