The Jewelry of the 1925 Paris Exposition

Showings

Bullocks Wilshire Building Sat, Jun 7 1:00 PM

Description

La Grace et L'Elegance du Gout Francais: The Jewelry of the 1925 Paris Exposition

The organizers of the 1925 Exposition des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes invited renowned Paris jewelers Cartier, Boucheron, and Georges Fouquet among others  to bring their most modern creations to the  Exposition. Jewelry historian Lisa Schoening's illustrated presentation will showcase the treasures displayed at the exposition and the jewelers who exhibited there - many who are still in business today!

Lisa Schoening has been enamoured with jewels since childhood, and had the great good fortune to have spent much of her career teaching both the science of gems and the history of jewelry for the Gemological Institute of America and the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles. She has spoken on jewelry history for the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles, the Gia Alumni Association, and the Womens Jewelry Association, and for thirty years has dragged her friends through any number of jewelry stores, auction houses, and museum exhibits in search of small sparkly objects of extraordinary value.


Additional Information

The former Bullocks Wilshire building is now a law school (hurray for adaptive reuse!), so the campus is tightly secured. Be sure to bring your photo ID with you.

Parking:

Parking is $15 CASH ONLY. Stop at the kiosk to pay. State that you are attending the Art Deco Society event. You may not bring anyone in your vehicle who is not a ticket buyer. Everyone must have a ticket to enter the building.

Use the entrance on Wilshire Place (east side of the building off Wilshire Blvd.) at the last gate before you reach 7th Street. You will pass other gates that are not open before you get to the one that is.

www.swlaw.org is a wealth of information about understanding where to find the security kiosk for entry to the parking lot in a car or on foot and directions to the campus.

Go up the ramp to the top parking area. This is on the same level as the entry doors. Walk toward the building when you get out of your car. Check in will be on the ground level.

Getting There:

The building is between Westmoreland and Wilshire Place.

Closest to Wilshire/Vermont Metro Stop

If you do not drive a car to the location or are being dropped off, please use the pedestrian gate on Westmoreland (west side of building cross street). Westmoreland is a dead end. Before the end of the street, look to your left for the pedestrian entrance. The front doors on Wilshire will not be open.

Southwestern Law School (Bullocks Wilshire Building)

3050 Wilshire Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA, 90010