Bracelets

Antique bracelets and exceptional jewelry in Paris

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Antique bracelets

As a designer of antique, archaeological and contemporary bracelets, I craft unique pieces from elements steeped in history: coins, amulets, intaglios and archaeological fragments. Each piece of jewellery is assembled by hand, in keeping with the traditions of luxury craftsmanship and expertise that highlight the authenticity of these treasures.

The first currency appeared around 650 BC in the Mediterranean basin, under the impetus of Gyges, king of Lydia, a kingdom in Asia Minor on the Aegean coast. Long before that, China had already been using currencies for exchange since the end of the Neolithic period, notably cowrie shells, which circulated as symbolic and commercial values.

Some ancient coins were minted in quantities of only a few hundred, others in the thousands. Dating back to time immemorial, they remind us that trade between people is as old as the world itself, and that it has always left room for the expression of beauty, even through simple everyday objects. Mounted on bracelets, these relics become contemporary creations, imbued with memory and timeless elegance.

Antoninien

Bracelet featuring an antoninianus of Emperor Volusian, in solid silver with a ruthenium finish.

The antoninianus was a Roman coin introduced in the early 3rd century, notably by Emperor Caracalla.

Rome, 251–253 AD.

Jaguar 

Feline figure in low gold, known as Tumbaga, mounted on a hammered 18K gold bracelet.

Tairona civilization, Pre-Columbian period, 500–1500 AD.

Bracelet Oudjat

Bracelet composed of amulets and Udjat eyes in glazed faience, in varying shades of blue and green, mounted on an 18K gold chain.

Egypt, New Kingdom to Roman period, 1550–30 BC.

Bracelet Art Nouveau

Depicting a woman playing the lyre within a floral motif. Gilt bronze with fine gold finish.

Circa 1895.

Lapis Marin

Lapis lazuli intaglio depicting a mammal, mounted on a 925 silver bracelet evoking the texture of shagreen.

Iran, 4th–6th century.

Bracelet Oudjat