Known as the “Celestial Stone” since Antiquity, lapis lazuli captivates with its intense blue color and sparkling gold flakes. It has been used since Neolithic times in various forms due to its complexe composition: cut and set into jewels, ground into powder to create colored pigments used in painting or sculpted into decorative objects. Today, it continues to inspire contemporary jewelry designs.
Join Inezita Gay-Eckel, art historian and lecturer at L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts and Laure-Hélène Delbot, Gemologist and Lecturer at L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Art to discover the uses and secrets of this ornamental stone.
Join us on May 29, at 7:30 p.m. for this journey!
In-Person Conversation in French:
Wednesday, May 29th, 2024
7:30pm: Cocktail
8:00 – 9:00pm : Conversation in French
@L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts (Paris - Grands Boulevards)
Hôtel de Mercy-Argenteau, 16 bis bd Montmartre, 75009 Paris
Speakers:
With Inezita Gay-Eckel, Jewelry Historian and Lecturer at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts
& Laure-Hélène Delbot, Gemologist and Lecturer at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts
Photo:
Nef en lapis-lazuli
Paris, musée du Louvre
(C) Musée du Louvre, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn / Thierry Ollivier