Welcome to
the 12 Vendôme

The grand salons of 12 Vendôme, jewels of the 18th and 19th centuries – including the Chopin Salon, classed as a historical monument, where the famous composer and pianist composed his last piece – have been redesigned and restored to house the Maison’s unique heritage collection. The Maison has been able to preserve many priceless treasures that make up its heritage today since it was established in 1780.

The private salon looking onto the Vendôme column is the highlight of the succession of intimate spaces on the first floor, where exceptional pieces can be presented or a special order be designed.

Looking down from the Vendôme column, the statue of Napoléon keeps watch over the Maison’s High Jewellery workshop. This secret place is where jewellers, gem-setters and polishers work each day to bring Chaumet’s creations to life, thus perpetuating ancestral virtuosity under the attentive eye of the 13th head of the Maison’s workshop. This precious virtuosity, which can only be reproduced by hand, has been passed on from workshop head to workshop head since the Maison was established in 1780.