The great jewelers.
High jewelry lives on a few squares and streets, most of them in Paris. Who arrived first, and where to find them.
High jewelry lives on a few squares and streets, most of them in Paris. Who arrived first, and where to find them.
1893Boucheron, the first jeweler on the square
Frédéric Boucheron opened at 26 Place Vendôme in 1893, the first of the great jewelers on the square in Paris. Cartier moved to 13 rue de la Paix, which runs off it, in 1899. Van Cleef & Arpels opened at 22 Place Vendôme in 1906, and Chaumet, founded in 1780, has been at number 12 since 1907.
1837Tiffany & Co. is founded in New York
Tiffany & Co. was founded in New York in 1837, and Harry Winston opened his house there in 1932. Buccellati was founded in Milan in 1919.
The great jewel auctions are held in Geneva in spring and autumn, where the auction houses offer the most important stones and signed pieces of the year.
Sources. Boucheron, Maison history · Cartier · Van Cleef & Arpels · Chaumet · Bulgari · Graff. Read October 2026. A record of places, houses and dates, published as research. Patrician.ch has no commercial relationship with any house named here.
Boucheron, which opened at 26 Place Vendôme in 1893.
In 1906, at number 22.
Rome.
Sotirio Bulgari founded the house in 1884, and it has been on Via Condotti since 1905.
In 1960, in London, by Laurence Graff.
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