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An ancient fascination

1704 Translation of One Thousand and One Nights by Antoine Galland.

1798 Dominique Vivant Denon, who followed Bonaparte on the battlefield, publishes Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte. “Return from Egypt” jewelry is fashionable.

1811Route from Paris to Jerusalem, by Chateaubriand.

1830 Conquest of Algeria.

1838 Success of Hindu dancers in Paris.

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1879The Snake Charmer by Jean-Léon Gérôme is one of the first paintings to show the mosaics of the Tokpapi Palace, recomposed in a whimsical way.

1900 Leïla Hanoum, daughter of Sultan Abdul-Mecid's doctor, publishes Le Harem imperial au XIX^th century. The book is a bestseller.

1903 Exhibition of Muslim arts presented by the Central Union of Decorative Arts.

1910 Exhibition of Muslim arts in Munich.

1922 Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. The jewels adopt the Egyptian style with lotus flower, papyrus, scarab, falcon.

1925 Exhibition of decorative arts. Chaumet presents an oriental-inspired adornment comprising a shoulder ornament in diamonds, rubies and emeralds and a chain made up of balls of emeralds and rubies with emerald pendants. The jeweler wins a Grand Prix.

1933 Vogue US illustrates the subject “Barbarian, the new theme of jewelry”, with a set by Suzanne Belperron.