Chaumet in London: a new chapter in the alliance

There has long been an affinity between Britain and Parisian jeweller Chaumet

A 1907 diamond-set tiara created by Chaumet for the 2nd Duke of Westminster
A 1907 diamond-set tiara created by Chaumet for the 2nd Duke of Westminster

A jewellery opus, the biography of Chaumet unfolds in France. It was in Paris that Marie-Étienne Nitot first established his gold and silversmith company in 1780, and it was also here, in the French capital city, that the business, which was then helmed by his son François-Régnault Nitot, moved to premises on Place Vendôme in 1812.

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