The Biennale des Antiquaires et de la Haute Joaillerie closed its doors on Sunday, September 21.
\nThis year’s event saw an increase in attendance to 90,000, with a public of true connoisseurs and collectors. This unique event is an opportunity for art lovers like us to discover, in an incredible setting, works that we will probably never see again, as they will be sold to collectors all over the world. Exhibitors have also reported a marked increase in foreign visitors from Asia, Russia and South America. <\/p>\n
The sales results were very good for all the specialties represented, particularly modern painting, 19th-century decorative arts and archaeology. Sales results at the Biennial are usually the barometer of the coming season. We can therefore expect sales to continue in the coming months, despite the difficult economic climate. <\/p>\n
Jean-Gabriel Peyre, President of the Syndicat National des Antiquaires, supports the idea that buyers at the Biennale are true collectors and art lovers, not speculators.<\/p>\n
The economic activity generated by the Biennale extends far beyond the Grand Palais. Craftsmen, restorers of objets d’art, decorators, transporters, insurers, hotels, restaurants… have been working directly or indirectly for the event for several months. In all, some 100,000 people benefit from the economic impact of the Biennale des Antiquaires. Every day, more than 800 people work on the site. <\/p>\n
Here are our favorites and selections of these rare objects and wonderful pieces of jewelry.<\/p>\n
Piaget’s Extremely Piaget collection dazzled us. Piaget is celebrating its 140th anniversary, and for the 27th Biennale des Antiquaires de Paris, the House has highlighted a key period in its creative history, the 1960s-70s, sublimated by the most precious materials: diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, hard stones and gold. 88 pieces of jewelry and 37 watches have been created especially for this event. The daring designs play on asymmetry, fluidity and stylization. On some of these jewels, the boundary between jewel and watch disappears completely. Color is very much in evidence, notably with the hard stone dials, the Maison’s signature. An entire section of the collection has been named “Extremely Colorful”.
\nGemstones of the highest quality in terms of intensity of color and purity have rarely been used with such force, including more than 1,500 marquise diamonds, a cut that is characteristic of Piaget’s jewelry work and has been used for over half a century. The pieces on which these diamonds dominate are grouped together in the second part of the collection, named “Extremely Sparkling”. The House’s great classics – cuff watches, hard stone dials and gold mesh bracelets – are also present. These jewels showcase a series of unique savoir-faire. The collection is also characterized by great freedom of movement and multiple wearability. For further information: https: \/\/www.luxsure.fr\/2014\/07\/14\/extremely-piaget\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\t\t