Botanist Marc Jeanson x Chaumet imagined a Végétal herbarium 

Chaumet Botanical at the Beaux-Arts de Paris is an immersive experience that recounts the beauty of plants.

Nature and botanical motifs figure at the heart of Chaumet’s heritage. The exhibition fuses jewelry-making savoir-faire and art history in the exceptional setting of the Beaux-Arts de Paris, the French grande école whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. Chaumet has enjoyed a special relationship with the art school for many years and has provided funding for the “Dessin Extra Large” chair since its creation in 2020.

Chaumet is presenting its new exhibition, Botanical, at the Beaux-Arts de Paris until September 4.

The exhibition proposes a striking dialogue between the luxury Maison’s exceptional jewelry creations and a botanical vision that resonates with all forms of art, creating an immersive experience that recounts the beauty of plants across 7,000 years of art.

Celebrating nature in art, the Botanical exhibition features nearly 400 artworks – paintings, sculptures, textiles, photographs and furniture – alongside a hundred jewelry pieces from Chaumet and other jewelers. Scientific works and creations by botanists and artists combine for a discovery of the extraordinary beauty of nature. Maria Merian and Émile Gallé are joined by Delacroix, Arcimboldo and Monet, as well as Redouté, Eva Jospin, Le Corbusier and Anna Atkins. To curate the exhibition, Chaumet called on Marc Jeanson, botanical director of the Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech.

The unique selection of works celebrating nature transcends chronology, mixing primitive objects and contemporary takes, many of them on loan from prestigious institutions including the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, the Musée d’Orsay, the Musée du Louvre, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Albion Art Collection in Tokyo.

The exhibition is open to the public by reservation from Wednesday through Sunday, 12pm-8pm. More information is available on the Chaumet website.

For the first time in its history, Chaumet dedicates an entire High Jewellery collection to the sea.

This month, Chaumet unveiled its new High Jewellery collection, Ondes et Merveilles de Chaumet. A tribute to the beauty of the seas and oceans, from waves caressing the water’s surface to underwater treasure hunts.

Inventing a unique jewellery language, Ondes et Merveilles de Chaumet explores a variety of horizons to tell the story of the sea in all its manifestations, from waves caressing the water’s surface to underwater treasure hunts, ships in ports of call and the currents of the Gulf Stream.

A magnificent journey, reflecting the stones that express all the shades of the seas, to be discovered in three chapters: Waves in motion, Shores from above and A thousand and one sea dwellers. True to the Maison’s distinctive style, the “On the Water’s Surface”, “Gulfstream” and “Breaking Wave” jewellery sets evoke a vast sea in motion as a true ode to life.

The “On the Water’s Surface” creations majestically capture the lapping of the sea caressed by waves. Diamonds and white gold palmettes transform into sparkling reflections between full and empty spaces.

Inspired by the Gulf Stream, an ocean current from Florida that warms the seas it crosses, the “Gulfstream” set combines cold and warm colours: from green and blue to orange and blue. A masterful combination in homage to the Maison’s emblematic art of colour.