Chrome and metallic polish is back, but this summer they are taking on a more chic, glam, and sophisticated touch, celebrity ...

Previously confined to the realms of high luxury, enamel jewellery has long been prized for its kaleidoscopic nature. Indeed, the process of enamelling involves fusing coloured glass to a metal ...

Vacheron’s master enameller, who began his career in Limoges, is one of the few artisans left who can perform grisaille, a mind-bending process that involves layering white enamel over black to ...

The Wallace Collection in London is brimming with fine and decorative arts: oil paintings from the 14th Century, Limoges enamel, 18th-century chests of drawers veneered with mahogany and ...

The perfect shade of pink upon the Lady Arpels Bal des Amoureux Automate, for example, was years in the making – the first attempt gave a hue that was far too bold, so the Van Cleef & Arpels had to ...

In addition to ceramics, I have worked on the loss compensation of two enamel objects. I’ve inpainted existing fills on a Limoges enamel plate by Jean de Court (act. 1541–83) using a mixture of Golden ...

Limoges has cobbled streets lined with half-timbered houses, a fabulous cathedral, a beautiful food market and – unlike Paris, Lyon, Nice and Bordeaux – few tourists.

F. Bienvenu A French Gilt Bronze and Limoges Enamel Tazza on Marble Stand, ca. 1875–1899 9.38 x 13.75 x 9.75 in. (23.8 x 34.9 x 24.8 cm.) close Medium Gilt Bronze and Limoges Enamel Size 9.38 x 13.75 ...

The British Museum diptych pairs a polychromed Limoges enamel copy (around 1570-1610) of Dürer’s 1511 woodcut Christ Taking leave of his Mother and an image (probably late 18th-century or early ...

Palazzo Madama-Turin's Museo Civico d'Arte Antica has acquired five precious Limoges enamel ornaments from the hood of Cardinal Guala Bicchieri, one of the museum's identity masterpieces. Success for ...

A pair of Limoges enamel candlesticks that survived from St Thomas the Martyr church in Bristol provides a sense of the kind of rich ornaments that must have filled medieval churches. Next Previous ...