Matinale - Au fil de l'or et Louvre couture

Gold is a material that has been able to seduce humanity for more than five millennia already. A symbol of wealth, it is coveted by the noblest social classes who, in an ideal of aesthetics, will dress themselves in it thanks to the development of sophisticated artisanal techniques throughout the centuries.

The exhibition "Au fil de L'or, l'art de se vêtir de l'Orient au Soleil-Lvant" at the Quai Branly is a path traced chronologically between the different regions that have made gold a...