Legendary jewelers: From chaumet to Van Cleef & Arpels. Exceptional jewelry have their history. The great jewelry houses have gained their reputation through commissions from monarchs and the aristocracy. Louis XIV, Marie-Antoinette, the Tsars of Russia, Maharajahs, Napoleon, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor all contributed to this. Van Cleef & Arpels tended to the crown of the Iranian Empress Farah Pahlavi, Mellerio was the favorite jeweler of queens and Cartier was the jeweler of the kings. Chaumet, Buccellati, Fabergé, Harry Winston, Boucheron, Garrard, Lalique, Tiffany, Piaget, Bulgari, Fred, Mauboussin have time and again succeeded in combining discreet elegance, sophistication and a love of innovation, creating an incomparable beauty. Bertrand Meyer-Stabley (longtime journalist at Elle) and Laurence Catinot-Crost, historian, tell the story of these fifteen beautiful jewelers, the story of the most legendary gems. . size 21x14 cm, paperback , 310 pages, illustrated, French.