The University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong and L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, are honored to welcome “Designing Jewels: 200 years of French Savoir-Faire (1770 – 1970) ”, an exhibition devoted to jewelry designs, jewelry masterpieces, and the process of creating art from precious metals and stones for the first time from June 6th to October 5th 2025. Little studied and published, even more rarely exhibited, jewelry drawings remain relatively unknown to the public. A satellite exhibition will also be held at L’ÉCOLE Asia Pacific campus at K11 MUSEA at the same time.
Benefitting from Van Cleef & Arpels Patrimony Collection combined with the Van Cleef & Arpels Jewelry Culture Fund, set up for research, presentation and educational purposes in 2019, loans from Lalique Museum France, and private jewelry Collections from Hong Kong, the exhibition features a remarkable collection of about 100 drawings alongside 12 exquisite jewelry pieces.
France has a long–standing, distinguished, and highly influential history of jewelry making. The exhibition, along with its accompanying catalogue, explains individual achievements by showcasing the culture of developing jewelry designs from initial drawing to gouaché to masterpiece.
The exhibition is supported by French May Arts Festival.
