As you enter Coco Chanel’s perfectly preserved apartment at rue Cambon, one of the first things you see is a lacquered 19th Century Coromandel screen, inlaid with mother of pearl, depicting the ...

Chanel's Métiers d'Arts pre-fall 2025 collection, presented last month, turned out to be the bellwether of the pre-fall season. Drawing inspiration from a Coromandel screen at Gabrielle Chanel's ...