Chaumet
Country | |
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City | Paris |
Symbol | cartouche, circle, frame |
Shape | cartouche, circle, frame |
Era | e. 1793 |
Description
Specialties
- Exceptional craftsmanship
- Tiaras
1780
- Etienne Nitot Opens for business on rue St. Honoré.
- Became Purveyor to the Court of Napoleon I
1800
- Orders from Joséphine Beauharnais.
1804
- Crown for Napoleon.
- Princess Joséphine.
- Hydrangea parure.
- Cameo & intaglio parure.
- Pearl parure.
1809
- François Regnault Nitot takes over the firm after the death of Etienne Nitot.
1810
- Napoleon commissions a ruby parure for his bride, Marie Louise.
1815
- François retires and turns the firm over to Jean Baptiste Fossin, his workshop director.
1832
- Fossin & Fils named “Crown Jewellers” of France.
1837
- Awarded Legion d’Honneur.
1834-1840
- Jean Valentin worked for Fossin.
- Royal Warrant: Queen Victoria – to Morel.
- Morel’s daughter married Joseph Chaumet.
1862
- Fossin turns the company over to Prosper Morel.
- Fossin organizes the bijouterie et joaillerie française for the London World Exhibition.
1874
- Joseph Chaumet partners with Morel.
- Chaumet marries Morel’s daughter and takes over the firm in 1885.
1900
- Gold Medal at the Paris World Exhibition.
- Russian Imperial Order.
- Became known as the Master of Tiaras.
1910
- Opens in New York.
1928
- 150th anniversary.
1972
- Remounted the Sancy Diamond.
1987
- End of Chaumet family involvement in the firm.