Art history of jewelry

Exceptional Course - Van Cleef & Arpels, the story of a High Jewelry Maison

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Take part in an exceptional course offered by L'École des Arts Joailliers.

This exceptional experience is only available in French. 

This exceptional experience is only available in French.

The Hôtel of Mercy-Argenteau, the new Parisian site of L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, will host an exhibition organized by Maison Van Cleef & Arpels at the end of June, accessible by invitation only, celebrating the publication of the book "The Van Cleef & Arpels Collection (1906-1953)."

As part of this private exhibition, L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts is pleased to offer its most loyal students the opportunity to enroll in an exceptional course held only twice on Friday, June 28.

First, two art historians will introduce you to the beginnings of Maison Van Cleef & Arpels: born from a love story, this jewelry house, founded in 1906, gradually developed thanks to its spirit of innovation and participation in remarkable events.

You will then have the very exceptional opportunity to participate in a guided tour of the private exhibition organized by Maison Van Cleef & Arpels, featuring nearly 70 pieces from its Heritage Collection and the Van Cleef & Arpels archives, dating from its founding to the 1950s. The pieces on display will interact with period furniture and outfits, offering a walk through a period of cultural and artistic effervescence, the first half of the 20th century.

This exhibition thus situates the work of Van Cleef & Arpels within the grand history of the arts and uniquely reveals its repertoire of unique forms, stylistic variations, innovations, as well as its sense of inventiveness and reinterpretation.

This course is reserved exclusively for our most loyal students who have received a personalized link by email.