• Masterpieces of a renowned museum collection\n• Popularization texts written by curators of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs\n• Brilliant and elegant design\nThe jewelry department at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris comprises some 3,500 pieces and is the only national collection of its kind in France. This book presents bijouterie and joaillerie masterpieces from this high-profile collection which ranges from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period and shines a particular spotlight on the 18th century and the age of Art Nouveau. Daytime or evening jewelry and art jewelry pieces in the form of tiaras, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, pendants, hair or tie pins, rings and stomacher brooches illustrate the boundless creativity of designers. The greatest artists are represented: Sandoz, Vever, Falize, Boucheron, Lalique, Fouquet and Gaillard for Art Nouveau, Raymond Templier and Jean Després for Art Deco, Georges Braque, Jean Lurçat, Line Vautrin, Jean Schlumberger, Torun, Dinh Van, Jonemann and Claude Lalanne for the post-war period, and a number of contemporary designers. The collection also features pieces by the great jewellery houses: Cartier, Boucheron, Chanel, Van Cleef & Arpels and, more recently, JAR. This richly illustrated book accompanies the display in the Galerie des Bijoux at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, which features the collection’s highlights.

The Jewellery Collection at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs

Arts & Photography

Possémé, Évelyne

Forest, Dominique

Lacquemant, Karine

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Musee des Arts Decoratif

Catalogue of an exhibition that has already been seen by thousands of visitors Thierry Mugler: Couturissime exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY, from 18 November 2022 to 7 May 2023 Featuring many previously unseen pictures Includes a chronology of Thierry Mugler's collections Exhibition to be held at the Brooklyn Museum, USA 11.18. 2022 - 05.07.2023 
The retrospective on the work of couturier Thierry Mugler (1948-2022) at the Brooklyn Museum includes more than 150 costumes designed between 1977 and 2014, along with many unpublished archive documents and sketches. It showcases the multiple worlds of this one-of-a-kind artistic figure ― a visionary fashion designer, director, photographer and perfumer―through a display of his prêt-à-porter and haute couture silhouettes. 
Thierry Mugler staged the most spectacular fashion shows of his time. He dressed many celebrities, including Diana Ross, David Bowie, Lady Gaga, Liza Minnelli, Céline Dion and Kim Kardashian. He created the costumes for many of Mylène Farmer's and Beyoncé's tours and videos. A photographer and director, he filmed clips as well as short films starring actresses like Isabelle Huppert and Juliette Binoche. 
This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition and is organized into several main sections. It reproduces a selection of full-page photographs, most of which have not been published before, by the greatest artists who worked with Mugler throughout his career ― Helmut Newton, Peter Knapp, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, David LaChapelle, Stéphane Sednaoui, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Jean-Paul Goude, Pierre & Gilles, Patrice Stable, Inez & Vinoodh, to name just a few. It also includes views of the exhibition layout and displays. 
Text in English and French. 
Prior tour dates and locations: 
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada 
03.02.2019 - 09.08.2019\nKunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands 
10.13.2019 - 03.08.2020\nHypo-Kunsthalle Munich, Germany 
05.25.2020 - 04.13.2021\nMusée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris 
09.30.2021 - 04.24.2022

Thierry Mugler

Loriot, Thierry-Maxime

Graphic Design

Bronze and Gold: The Gilt Bronzes from the Musée Nissim de Camondo

Forray-Carlier, Anne

Legrand-Rossi, Sylvie

Quette, Beatrice

• A high quality facsimile reproduction\n• Essays written by leading specialists in economic history, textile techniques, the global cotton trade, technology transfer, and fashion\n• Many appendices: Translation of the manuscript in English, Technical analysis of the samples, Glossary, Indexes, etc.\n• An indispensable reference work for the study of the history of textiles and fashion on the eve of the Industrial Revolution\nIn 1751, John Holker (1719-1786), an English textile manufacturer exiled in France, undertook an industrial espionage mission to England to collect samples of English textiles on behalf of the French king, Louis XV. On his return, the samples were assembled in a manuscript volume, which is now preserved at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris. Each sample in this album is accompanied by a handwritten technical description specifying the quality of the fabric, its price, its dimensions and the manufacturing processes. This album is famous for preserving the oldest identifiable samples of jean fabric. Completely bilingual, the book includes a facsimile reproduction of the album, accompanied by a transcription of its handwritten text and a dozen essays. The essays, written by academics, curators and specialists from France, Britain and North America, explore the album from various angles: the globalization of commerce, the slave trade, industrial espionage, economic rivalry between France and England, the taste for cotton and its role in the history of fashion, etc. The book demonstrates the importance of centuries-old links between France and the United Kingdom and is an indispensable work of reference for the history of textiles. Text in English and French.

The Holker Album: Textile Samples and Industrial Espionage in the 18th Century

Styles, John

Fennetaux, Ariane

Fashion

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