Empress Joséphine & Chaumet

The Maison’s muse Empress Joséphine

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Who are you, Joséphine?

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Ambassador of imperial France, she reinvented fashion and imposed her style. In order to refine her sovereign look, she brought back tiaras, emblems of power, as well as symbols of radiant femininity into fashion. Infatuated with a freedom that combines nature and happiness, she liberated herself from conventions and corsets, draping herself in airy veils, vaporous tulles and diaphanous muslins.

Empress of hearts, Joséphine has inspired Napoléon an unparalleled passion, immortalized by numerous sentimental jewels created by the Maison.

At the origins of the Chaumet legend

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The Empress' jewels

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Ears of wheat tiara, similar to the Empress’

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Empress Joséphine’s earrings

Empress Joséphine’s acrostic bracelets

In her privacy, Joséphine chooses her everyday jewels according to her heart’s desires. Her acrostic bracelets combine coloured stones with the alphabet to compose the names of her two children, Eugène and Hortense.

A tradition of sentimental jewels that never ceases to inspire Chaumet. Even today, every single creation of the Maison echoes the audacious and free spirit of this resolutely modern woman of yesterday.

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