Designing Jewels

Guillaume Glorieux, Michaël Decrossas, Stéphanie Desvaux

Uncovering the lesser-known world of jewelry design sketches, the book “Designing Jewels” presents drawings from Tiffany, Lalique and Vever, alongside that of renowned workshops, including Paillet, Brédillard and Mellerio- Borgnis, offering a glimpse of the creative process that both chronicles the making of a jewel and is a veritable work of art in its own right.

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Every prized piece of jewelry begins life as a single stroke on paper.

Guillaume Glorieux

Author of Designing Jewels, university Professor and Director of Education and Research at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts

From a technical tool used by the professions, the jewelry drawing has become a full-fledged work of art in itself, collected by knowledgeable art lovers.

René Lalique, drawing of a Paons [“Peacocks”] diadem, c. 1900, pencil, ink and gouache on paper, Paris, Fonds Van Cleef & Arpels sur la Culture Joaillière.

Léon Hatot, drawing of a Paon [“Peacock”] brooch, pencil and gouache on cardboard, c. 1920, Paris, Fonds Van Cleef & Arpels sur la Culture Joaillière

Léon Hatot, drawing of a Paon [“Peacock”] brooch, c. 1920, pencil and gouache on cardboard, Paris, Fonds Van Cleef & Arpels sur la Culture Joaillière.

Maison Mellerio-Borgnis, drawing of a brooch, c. 1865, Pearis, Fonds Van Cleef & Arpels sur la Culture Joaillière

Maison Mellerio-Borgnis, drawing of a brooch, c. 1865, Paris, Fonds Van Cleef & Arpels sur la Culture Joaillière.

George Barbier, Femme à la panthère [“Woman with Panther”], 1914, pencil, ink, gouache on paper, Paris, Fonds Van Cleef & Arpels sur la Culture Joaillière.

René Lalique, drawing of a Cygnes [“Swan”] neckplate, c. 1900, pencil, ink and gouache on BFK Rives vegetal paper, Paris, Fonds Van Cleef & Arpels sur la Culture Joaillière.