Paris, capitale de la perle. Paris, City of Pearls. Arts all through their art bear

all through their art bear witness to an era that tolerated no shortcuts

with more or less fortified ports of call across half the globe

was able to unite all the artists who mattered

meeting characters

Paris, capitale de la perle. Paris, City of Pearls. Arts all through their art bearHow, 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