Paris, capitale de la perle. Paris, City of Pearls. Antique draped female statuette holding a

draped female statuette holding a theater mask in her right hand

Jasna Galjer

political and religious matters: his actions towards pagans and barbarians

in its technical diversity

What are evil spirits

Paris, capitale de la perle. Paris, City of Pearls. Antique draped female statuette holding aHow, 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