After major work, the jeweler returned to number 12 on Place Vendôme and inaugurated this new development with a collection of fine jewelry called “Trésors elsewhere”, made up of sixteen architectural rings. Unpublished at Chaumet, this motif of the house is a very ancient tradition in jewelry, the first traces of which date from the Merovingian period. This aesthetic became very fashionable in the 16th century, where jewelry adorned with a small building was offered to brides to symbolize the construction of the new home. If some rare contemporary creators, like Philippe Tournaire, as well as some local jewelers, like Boucheron recently, continue to draw this thread occasionally, this custom is a little lost.
Model in gold, diamonds, emeralds and onyx, using the lines of the Grand Palais. Chaumet
" Taking advantage of the reopening of our house, this theme makes it possible to celebrate Paris and to demonstrate that we are a brand open to the world ", explains Jean-Marc Mansvelt, president of Chaumet. The palm of this short
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