This rather magnificent heart is by the designer Christian Lacroix. It is made of gilt metal with semi-precious stone and glass beads and was made in France. Christian Marie Marc Lacroix was born in Arles in Southern France on 16 May 1951, he was an only child. In 1969 Christian moved to Montpelier to study art…
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