Le Gemmologue

Isola Madre, the paradise of the Mellerio house

by Marie Chabrol | Oct 10, 2017 | Fashion week

I am very happy to finally be able to tell you about the Isola Madre collection imagined by Laure-Isabelle Mellerio for the eponymous house and presented in July 2017. A new opus that touched me a lot for many reasons. On the last day of the haute couture and...

Noor Fares, meeting around her new collection

by Marie Chabrol | Oct 9, 2017 | The creators

Noor Fares. This is a name I have known for a few years now and whose evolution in the world of jewellery I have been following with pleasure, as her universe is so personal. A few days ago, I had the chance to talk to her for a little while during her presentation at...

An ancient treasure at Drouot

by Marie Chabrol | Oct 2, 2017 | Auctions

The Leclere auction house, based between Marseille and Paris, is offering a rare collection of antique jewellery collected mainly at the end of the 19th century and composed of Hellenistic and Sarmatian pieces. Ornamental stones and remarkable cameos are on the...

The crisis of jewellery know-how

by Marie Chabrol | Sep 26, 2017 | The meetings of the gemologist

Last year, I had the chance to follow the work of Marine Chabin, then a student at ESCP Paris, on her study on the crisis of know-how in the jewellery sector. If I found her thesis particularly fascinating, it is mainly because she is also a jeweller as she is...

An incredible Lalique collection at auction

by Marie Chabrol | Sep 20, 2017 | Auctions

Far from the Burmese rubies, Colombian emeralds and Kashmir sapphires that will begin to populate the autumn and winter sales catalogues, there are the signatures sought after by collectors, some of which achieve impressive scores when they appear in sales. René...