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A close look at an Art Nouveau masterpiece by Gabriel Falguieres depicting Orpheus in diamonds, hardstone and gold. Now on display at L’Ecole des Arts Joailliers in Paris, along with 19 other treasures from the Albion Art collection. Here is that exquisite brooch, in my hands, before it sold at Christie’s NY in 2019. You can also find it on my blog, The Jewelry Loupe, in a story I wrote on the 2011 bankruptcy sale of Ralph Esmerian’s historic jewels: https://thejewelryloupe.com/bankruptcy-sale-o