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Dress in two parts. C 1867. Sapphire silk velvet embroidered in gold thread with bercelé rinceaux and grape-bunch motifs, with gold lace trim Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs; Gift of E. Hayaux du Tilly, 1935. Photo credit: © MAD, Paris – Jean Tholance

Noisettes Necklace. René Lalique. Paris, c. 1900. Gold, diamonds, peridots, enamel, glass Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Photo credit: © MAD, Paris – Christophe Dellière

Photo credit: © MAD, Paris – Christophe Delière

Adélaïde ball gown and coat. Christian Dior, France, Paris Haute couture, Spring/Summer 1948 collection, Envol/Flight line. Coat of silk satin with gold braid trim, bodice and skirt of synthetic tulle trimmed with satin. Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs UFAC collection, gift of Elinor Brodie, 1969. Photo credit: © MAD, Paris – Jean Tholance

Ten-leaved Screen Foxes Armand-Albert Rateau. France, Paris, c. 1921–1922. Lacquered and gilded wood Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs

Soup Tureen Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot Paris, c. 1819. Brass, silvered by Christofle, 1907–1908. Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Gift of Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot to the French Chamber of Peers, 1835; assigned to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 2016

Inlaid bracelet. Found at the necropolis of Yahmur (Syria) 3rd century. Gold, garnet, green fluorite, sapphire, amethyst, chalcedony and glass? Paris, Musée du Louvre, Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, formerly De Clercq- Boisgelin collections, Bj 2229. Photo credit: © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Stéphane Maréchalle

Three Medallion Mamluk Carpet. Egypt, Cairo. 1450 – 1500 Wool. Louvre Abu Dhabi

Cameo with mythological subject: Bacchus and Ariadne Rome Julio-Claudian period (41-45, Tablet); imperial period (1st – 4th centuries, other glyptic pieces) and 1780 (reconstructed by Luigi Valadier). Onyx marble, semi-precious stones, marble, gold, gilt bronze, enamel, glass paste