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5 Things This Chaumet Book Taught Us About French Jewellery

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5 Things This Chaumet Book Taught Us About French Jewellery

Most jewellery tomes are coffee table book affairs. Chaumet’s latest box set with Assouline makes for a great gift – as well as a great encyclopaedic guide for the jewellery fiend.

by IMRAN JALAL  /   September 7, 2016

You’d probably know Chaumet as the French jewellery house famous for its tiaras. You might also know it for its obsession with the bee motifs and hydrangeas.

A newly released box set by Assouline charts the legacy of the brand in three volumes. Priced at US$75 (S$101) at www.assouline.com, the set sheds light on the themes that Chaumet is famed for – its provenance in Place Vendome, its trademark tiara designs and inspirations with nature – in an easy to read format.

Penned by a Le Figaro journalist, a jewellery historian and a Vanity Fair contributor/publishing house founder, the books are a great read for any jewellery fiend. Here, we uncover some of the interesting trivia from the collection.

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5 Things This Chaumet Book Taught Us About French Jewellery
#1: The first jeweller to move to the Place Vendome – the famed jewellery square in Paris – was Francois-Regnault Nitot, the son of the founder of Chaumet. He set up his business at No. 15 in the Hotel de Gramont.
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#2: Chaumet was regarded an avant-gardist among jewellers of the 19th century. Some of its designs were a century ahead of their time.
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#3: The French empress, Josephine, was patron and muse to the brand. One of her favourites was this tiara with the wheat sheath motif.
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#4: Longtime Vanity Fair editor Punch Hutton made the tiara a cool accessory when she was spotted wearing a 1910 piece at Cannes.
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#5: Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden wore the same cameo and pearl tiara that Chaumet made for Josephine during her 2010 nuptials.
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