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One hundred and thirty-eight years shaping stones of singular provenance into heirlooms for those who understand that true luxury is whispered.
In the spring of 1887, Lucien Lumière — son of a Savoyard lapidary — opened a discreet atelier on Rue de la Paix. He believed a stone is not owned, but entrusted: a fragment of geological time, set in metal, to be passed through generations.
Five dynasties later, the Maison remains family-held. We do not advertise. We do not sell online. Each piece is commissioned through dialogue, between the patron, the gemmologist, and the artisan who will set the final stone.
Twelve pieces. Twelve patrons. No two alike. Every commission is accompanied by its own gemmological dossier and the artisan's hand-bound ledger of decisions.
A gemstone is a document. We treat it as such. Hover the registry to inspect a stone.
Three salons. Three cities. One code of discretion.
Eleven hands. Four generations of training. One bench, where a single piece may rest for fourteen months between concept and final setting.
Our artisans — lapidaries, setters, polishers, engravers — are apprenticed from age sixteen. The youngest is the son of our senior gem-setter. The eldest is sixty-eight and still files platinum by sight.
We respond within twenty-four hours, by telephone, in the language of your choosing. No forms are stored. No addresses retained.