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.

1814

• Firm moves to 78 rue Richelieu

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.

1848

• Political changes in France and Morel emigrates to England

1853-55

• Fossin turns done “Court Jeweller”
• Semi-Retirement for Fossin
• Grand Medal at World Exhibition, Paris

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.

1902

• Moves to Place Vendôme

1904-06

• Grand Prix, World Exhibition, St. Louis
• Grand Prix, International Exhibition Liege
• Grand Prix, International Exhibition, Milan

1910

• Opens in New York.

1928

• 150th anniversary.

1972

• Remounted the Sancy Diamond.

1987

• End of Chaumet family involvement in the firm.