The Designers

It would be invidious to attempt to pick out “the best” or “the greatest” designer of the 20’s Century. Those that we have mentioned were all great within the context of their time.

During “our” period, the prestige firms - Cartier, Van Cleef, Lacloche, Mauboussin - produced consistently high quality jewels but were not inclined to publicize their designers - presumably preferring to promote the firm rather than an individual. The Modernists – George and Jean Fouquet, Sandoz, Templier, Brandt conceived original and brilliant designs totally in tune with the “Machine Age”.

In the 1930’s Suzanne Belperron and René Boivin ignored the Art Deco aesthetic and Modernism almost entirely, Paul Flato and Trabert and Hoeffer were producing fantasy jewels in Hollywood. Jean Shlumberger and Fulco de Verdura moved from Paris to New York and carved their own original path.

Sterlé produced a totally new look for the 1950’s, Andrew Grima was winning awards and recognition during the ‘60’s and Tiffany in New York were promoting new young designers.

The following few pages contain a potted biography of some we admire and constantly try to stock.