spectacular exhibition of the goldsmith’s house at the Museum of Decorative Arts

Last September, in the artistic pieces workshop of the Christofle factory, in Yainville, in Seine-Maritime, the expert hands of the goldsmiths were busy completing on time the above all called “Ode to origins”, a flagship piece of the he exhibition “Christofle, a brilliant story” which begins today at the Museum of Decorative Arts (MAD). Designed by Jean-Pierre Cottet-Dubreuil – a young goldsmith who took over the Richard workshops in 3^e district of Paris – this contemporary creation, 4 meters long, in silver metal, mirror and rock crystal, composed of cups and candelabras, required a year and a half and thousands of hours of work. She reinvents the idea of ​​these large centerpieces, serving both as decoration and as a support for arranging salt and pepper, serving dishes, candles or bouquets of flowers. At MAD, it echoes the Especially with Dolphins, designed in 1925 by Christofle in a…