L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts is delighted to announce the extension of the exhibition “Stage Jewels of the Comédie-Française”, which will be open to the public for a further month and a half at the Hôtel de Mercy-Argenteau.
This ground-breaking exhibition features over one hundred and twenty accessories, pieces of art and documents, enabling visitors to discover the fascinating destinies of prominent figures from the French stage: Talma’s gilt-metal laurel crown donated by Napoleon, Rachel’s jeweled tiaras, the tunic worn by Mounet-Sully in Racine’s Athalie, Sarah Bernhardt’s brooch made my René Lalique…
Impressive costumes have also been borrowed from the National Center for Theatrical Costume and Design. In addition, paintings, gouaches, miniatures, manuscripts and photographs invite the visitor to travel back time, from the 18th century to the Belle Epoque and Romanticism, via 19th century Orientalism.
Curated by Agathe Sanjuan, former director of the Museum-Library of the Comédie-Française
Hôtel de Mercy-Argenteau
16 bis boulevard Montmartre
75 009 Paris
Exhibition open until October 13th, 2024
from Tuesday to Sunday
11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Evening hours on Thursdays until 9 p.m.
Closed on July 26th and August 15th
Free admission, by reservation
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