Chaumet

Jeweller on the Place Vendôme in Paris, known for tiaras and for having made Napoleon's jewels.

Marie-Étienne Nitot set up in Paris and became Napoleon's court jeweller. He and his son made coronation jewels, tiaras and jewellery for the empresses Joséphine and Marie-Louise.

The firm changed its name with its heads and became Chaumet under Joseph Chaumet at the end of the 19th century. It has been on the Place Vendôme since 1907 and has made hundreds of tiaras. Chaumet is now part of LVMH.

The signature Chaumet Paris and a number; older pieces may be signed by its predecessors.

Tiaras that can be taken apart and worn as a brooch or necklace.

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