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The Bal Proust Jewelry Van Cleef & Arpels
Ferrieres celebrated December 2, 1971, the Bal Proust organized by one who was considered the Queen of All Paris, Baroness Guy de Rothschild, celebrating the centenary of the birth of Marcel Proust.
Castle Ferrieres was organized in which the famous ball was in all points, the ideal … And to stay in the theme, the guests had to draw on the novel by Marcel Proust “In Search of Lost Time,” in which in 7 volumes, nearly 2,000 of the best known characters have passed screened.
A crowd of 800 guests are then pressed in the heart of the castle, adorned with ornaments on which the details of perfection and originality abounded.
Inspired by this enthusiasm, curiosity, Van Cleef & Arpels wanted to translate the Proust Ball through a fifth and last dancer named Rosamond, one of the 2000 figures cited by the writer.
Referring to the “rosy-cheeked girl” described not the “writer, this is an ultimate ballerina skirt made of white mother fabulous, lapis lazuli, diamonds, pearls and sapphires … A feat with equal expertise ingenuity and taste of a universe found.
Next the ballerina, the fabulous bird ornament seems to be the Queen of the Ball Legend collection. Within the Bal Proust, a necklace and a pair of earrings heart resumed in the eternal symbol of the good times: The Plume. Pen of a writer or sumptuous costume of bird or poetic as the hummingbird or bird of paradise.
The collar is confusing, leading to delicious .. Dressed in a multitude of blue sapphires, purple and pink but especially diamonds, the bird seems to fly central, taking advantage of handicraft dedicated to making the wings of this movement to escape always …
The Jewelry Bal Proust thus form the latest part that loops the loop valuable this sublime collection of balls Legends of Van Cleef & Arpels.