Terres Precieuses

AKA >> Precious Stones

H Carre > Fall-Winter 2002

O blessed lands, where one could find fine filigree enameling, the inlaying of precious stones, niello-work on silver! These gems from ancient Morocco – diadems and head finery – testify to an art of jewellery which we might find in Egypt just as well as in Nepal or Tibet, or even South America. In the centre of this scarf palms evoke the freshness of an oasis, where a Berber woman dreams; her beauty calls forth such refinements.