The mysterious Orient, fashion weathering memory

After decades of search and collection of the world, these legendary jewels were all came to the Forbidden City, which looks a lot like more than the album on a small, exquisite. They come with the same period, but also exhibited a number of rare manuscripts and plaster the design module.

The mysterious Orient, fashion weathering memory

Deputy director of the Department of National Palace Museum, the exhibition introduced Ma Ji-ge, "selected the exhibits to the exhibition prior to the 1950s mainly after 1950 a very art and craft, a small amount of the value of works are also on display."

From Cartier to the white crown of decorative arts, from the "Garland Style" to "beautiful era", from the "Fruit Tips" to "seed mosaic", 346 collection has been able to more clearly reflect the aesthetics of the West of jewelery rheology, but also hidden the relevant years of valuable history and culture, fashion weathering memory. The exhibition "service European royal" and "An American Art Treasures" show some of the major European artistic style of the local jewelry; "infiltration of oriental Pearl bracelet culture" and "fusion Wuzhou Art" will focus on Cartier learn Chinese elements and artistic styles from around the world work.

For Cartier, the most obvious when the number of the Freshwater pearls mysterious Orient, Egypt and India.

As early as 1913, Cartier had already begun to use the Tap Mun as a black onyx and diamond pendant decorated map, this fan leading to the door of the ancient temple of the immortal as the Cartier design style in its repeated use of the Egyptian style . In 1925, Cartier has its history to produce a style of dressing of Egypt's largest suite - two carved stones quietly Sphinx guarding both ends of the sarcophagus.

India is a matter of the mysterious Orient, another hotbed of inspiration. In the Art Deco era, the Indian maharaja who often go to Cartier to request custom, during which Cartier from those carved flowers and leaves inspired by traditional Indian gems, and carries out the classic "Fruit Tips" ( Tutti Frutti) jewelry design. "This kind of infiltration is mutual," in an interview said, "On the one hand from the West to board an express train in Darjeeling, India to explore the exotic feel when, on the other hand are from the maharaja had a strong interest in European culture. Daisy Farrow, Michy SERT, Aierxide Wolf and even style icon and the Duchess of Pearl necklace Windsor, cafes and other social circles pole People are promoting the popularity of Indian jewelry. On one occasion, in the U.S. interior designer Aierqiande Wolfe home in Versailles at the party, the guests have even met a real elephants from Jaipur! "