Paris, capitale de la perle. Paris, City of Pearls. Antique and often colored so much

and often colored so much that

draped female statuette holding a theater mask in her right hand

as in Rome

regained its independence

in its technical diversity

Paris, capitale de la perle. Paris, City of Pearls. Antique and often colored so muchHow, a century ago, did Paris manage to rise to the top of the global pearl trade? Why did this flourishing trade disappear? But above all, how is it that the memory of this golden age of pearls is now lost? Beyond elucidating the last mysteries linked to a biomineral whose antiquity of relations with humans is constantly pushed back, this book reveals how the pearl has inspired both jewelers and Parisian artists in the broadest sense. All seem to