Chaumet’s Imperial Splendours puts history on show at Beijing’s Forbidden City
Chaumet’s Imperial Splendours exhibition in Beijing features over 300 objects, including jewellery, paintings, drawings and objets d’art
Titled “Imperial Splendours”, Chaumet’s exhibition at Beijing’s Palace Museum showcases a cultural dialogue between France and China that can be traced back to the late 18th century.
The exhibition has brought many of France’s national treasures to the Forbidden City. The centrepiece, for example, is the Consular Sword – also known as Napoleon I Coronation Sword – which left France for the first time to be exhibited at the show.
Over 300 pieces, including jewellery, paintings, drawings and objets d’art, are featured in the exhibition. Some of the pieces are on loan by institutional museums such as Musee du Louvre, Chateau de Fontainebleau and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
