Description

Specialties

1840

• Firm Founded by Amédée Gaillard.
• Made gilt copper jewels.

1860

• Son Ernst took over the firm.
• Made silver jewels.

1861

• Birth of Lucien Gaillard

c.1869

• Worked in niello – unusual outside of Russia, Germany & Austria.
• Japanese-Style Inlay.

1878

• Lucien joins the firm as an apprentice.
• Interested in Japanese metal techniques.

1889

• International Exhibition, Paris – Gold Medal for Engraving and Legion d’Honnour.

1892

• Lucien took over the firm.
• Heavily influenced by Japanese art.
• Studied metallurgical procedures such as plating, patination and alloying.
• Enamel, Niello & Patination.
• Art Nouveau Jewels with Insects, Flowers & Trees – Featuring Organic Materials.

1900

• Grand Prix and the Paris World Exhibition in Bijouterie-Joaillerie.

1933

• Death of Lucien Gaillard.