Chaumet maestri orafi dal 1780 (Master Goldsmiths Since 1780)
Paris: Alain de Gourcuff Éditeur, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Large Folio. 366 [2]pp. Original gray paper-covered boards with exquisite black-framed color jewelry and white lettering on cover, black lettering on spine, housed in original black paper-covered clamshell box with color jewelry on cover and spine. Gray endpapers.
Extraordinary production and magnificently color-illustrated book covering the history of the house Chaumet, founded by Marie-Étienne Nitot in 1780 in Paris. This extraordinary publication covers the history of Chaumet from its founding in 1780 through the period as Napoleon's jewelers, including setting the famous diamond "The Regent" on the Consular Sword of Napoleon Bonaparte, which became the "sword of coronation," the Romantic period under the reign of Jules Fossin and his partners, the establishment of the London branch, Marie Morel's marriage to Joseph Chaumet in 1875, offering jewelry inspired by nature during the Belle Époche, weathering the storm after World War I with great success and the appointment of his son Marcel as his successor, the takeover of Breguet in 1970 to add watch-making to the company palette, and the scandalous bankruptcy in 1987 with the subsequent takeover by Investcorp, the investment fund from Bahrain to turn the company around. Contains appendix, bibliography, notes, extensive list of illustrations and index at rear. Fine condition. Item #55969
ISBN: 2909838110
Price: $650.00