History The style

Chaumet’s legacy of bucolic beauty is a treasure trove of inspiration that bridges past, present and future.
Contemporary jewellery and historic pieces are in line with a tradition of excellence that has been nurtured over the centuries.
This taming of the wild, a saga of nature versus refinement, is the dynamic that drives Chaumet’s natural history.

The Naturalism

Chaumet’s naturalist jewellery depicts nature in all its wild, organic, fragile glory.
Finding bucolic beauty in a garden, woodland or meadow, delicate blades of grass or the graphic forms of mistletoe, the Maison’s designers ingeniously render plants and weeds alike in graceful, inspired creations.

Often with an added touch of sophistication – a bow entwined around a freshly-cut branch – they elevate the most ordinary plants to the status of jewellery.
Species are chosen for their cultural significance, imbuing the jewellery with symbolic value.

Wild flowers and undergrowth

Églantine (Wild rose) Wild rose tiara. 1922.

Flower watch

Gold, diamonds and mother-of-pearl
DeLaneau for Chaumet, circa 1980
Chaumet Paris collection

Ombellifère (Umbelliferae)

Preparatory sketch for an umbellifer brooch.

Circa 1900

Marguerite (Daisy)

Daisy bracelet.

Platinum and diamonds
Joseph Chaumet, 1909
Chaumet Paris collection

Garden flowers

Œillet (Pink) Pinks tiara. 1907

Ladies’ watch with pansy

Gold, guilloché enamel, diamonds and fine pearls
Joseph Chaumet, 1910
Chaumet Paris collection

Pensée (Pansy)

Pansy necklace

Circa 1885

Rose (Rose)

Ladies’ watch with rose

Gold, guilloché enamel, diamonds and fine pearls Joseph Chaumet, 1910 Chaumet Paris collection

Arum (Arum)

Arum flower clip earrings

Gold, bronze and diamonds
Joseph Chaumet, circa 1975
Chaumet Paris collection

Hortensia (Hydrangea) Hortensia brooch

Pink gold, set with pink & angel-skin opal, pink tourmalines, pink sapphires and diamonds. 2013.

Simple leaves

Foliage scroll tiara. 1909

Ivy leaf bracelet

Gold, enamel, diamonds and fine baroque pearls
Chaumet – Fossin, 1847
Chaumet Paris collection

Lierre (Ivy)

Preparatory sketch for an ivy stomacher brooch

Circa 1900

Feuillage (Foliage)

Foliage clip

1950

Abeilles pendant

transformable into a brooch, in white and yellow gold, set with diamonds, green tourmalines, tsavorite garnets, Mandarin garnets, golden cultured pearls, a cushion-cut imperial topaz of 23.42 carats and a pear-shaped green tourmaline of 5.03 carats.

Symbolic leaves

Wheat sheaf tiara Chaumet – Nitot circa 1811. Gold, silver and diamonds – Chaumet Paris collection

Blé (Wheat)

Épi de Blé ring

Brown rhodium-plated yellow gold with a satin effect and brushed yellow gold, set with brilliant-cut diamonds.

Épi de Blé brooch preparatory sketch

Brown rhodium-plated yellow gold with a satin effect and brushed yellow gold, set with brilliant-cut diamonds.

Laurier (Laurel) Preparatory sketch for a laurel and butterfly stomacher brooch. Circa 1890