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The Universal Language of Art

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Speaking of Icons

Category: Luxury

Chain lined hems, quilted lambskin, camellia flowers; when we think of Chanel...

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Collaboration, Association, and the Designer Bag

Category: Luxury

The advent of the designer bag seems to have had its origins in the 20th Century...

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The Other Aalto

Category: Modern Design

Despite being less well known than her husband, Aino Aalto was an important part of the modernist design movement taking place in Finland in the early...

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Is There Such a Thing as ‘Chippendale Style’?

Category: Decorative Arts

The short answer to the question posed above is ‘no’....

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Appropriately Appropriated

Category: Art

Appropriation involves the intentional repurposing of existing and often iconic imagery to create new meaning....

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Skulls, Lobsters & Geometry: Three Artists who Altered the Course of Fashion

Category: Art

Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí’s commercially minded approach to art, lifelong interest in costume, and...

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Autumn at Leonard Joel

Category: Leonard Joel News

This Autumn edition of Leonard is a feast of storytelling and imagery that speaks to an extraordinary round of forthcoming auctions, spanning both the...

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Significant Diamonds

Category: Jewels

After Leonard Joel first set and then subsequently broke its three auction records for the four...

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Here Comes the Sun

Category: Jewels

When Beyoncé appeared alongside her husband, Jay-Z, in the Tiffany & Co. About Love campaign last year...

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Choose your Cartier

Category: Timepieces

It’s a hard ask having to choose a Cartier wristwatch; rarely is one luxury maison responsible for so many classic designs....

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