中文简介：

尚美（Chaumet）是法国历史悠久的高级珠宝品牌之一，自1780年成立以来一直与法国的历史密不可分。作为约瑟芬皇后的官方珠宝商，该品牌已经传承了近240年的工艺技术。每一代尚美珠宝商都从自然界中汲取灵感，创造出红宝石兰花、月桂花环头饰、钻石星光等各种精美的珠宝作品。设计师们利用图纸研究和发展想法，并向客户展示完全概念化的定制作品，这些美丽而富有创造力的图画以主题章节呈现，包括“花”、“树木和植物”、“兽类”和“宇宙”。这本书是一本视觉效果很迷人的简编，其中包含了许多第一次出版的图画。通过配合策展人Gaëlle Rio提供的文章，为读者提供了一个简洁的艺术历史视角。这本书将对所有珠宝、艺术和自然爱好者都非常有吸引力。

英文简介：

One of the most storied high jewelry houses in Paris, Chaumet has been entwined with the history of France since its founding in 1780. Appointed official jeweler to Empress Joséphine, the house has passed down its unique savoir-faire for almost 240 years. Each generation of Chaumet jewelers has looked to the natural world as a key source of inspiration, dreaming up ruby orchids, delicate laurel wreath tiaras, striking diamond starbursts, and a beguiling array of animals―from birds and butterflies to snakes and octopuses―on necklaces, brooches, and headpieces.

Drawings were used not only to research and develop ideas, revealing little-known aspects of the creative process of jewelry design, but also to present fully conceptualized bespoke pieces to clients, tempting them to place an order. These beautiful and inventive drawings―many of which are published here for the first time―are presented in thematic chapters (“Flowers,” “Trees and Plants,” “Bestiary,” and “Universe”), while essays by curator Gaëlle Rio offer a concise art-historical perspective.

A visually fascinating compendium, Chaumet: Drawing from Nature will delight all lovers of jewelry, art, and nature.