About Mouawad Brand:
Mouawad jewelry is a brand with a century long history. It was founded in 1890, when Daoud Mouawad returned to Lebanon after spending a decade in the US training as a jeweler and watchmaker. Since then, five generations later, the business has remained family operated. Each leading generation brings something remarkable to jewelry making by following “Crafting the extraordinary” motto.
One of the House's specialties is Mouawad watches. The company's jewelers were one of the earliest in adorning watches with gemstones.
Possessing a truly fascinating gemstone collection, Mouawad owns Dynasty, a 51.12 carat Russian diamond estimated at nearly $10 million.
To emphasize the reigning nature of the brand, the jewelry house created crowns for the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants.
Today Mouawad's headquarters are in Dubai and Geneva. Besides running the jewelry business, Pascal Mouawad is also known as a decade-long Victoria's Secret collaborator.
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About Vintage French Jewelry:
Vintage French jewelry is highly valued by jewelry experts and enthusiasts.
Since the late Renaissance, France has been established itself as one of the world trendsetters in art and fashion. A quick look at the top 5 French jewelry designers — Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Hermes, Chaumet, Chanel — describes French level of greatness even better.
What allowed France to reach such a high level in the jewelry world hierarchy? In a nutshell, it's because of the apprenticeship system. In the beginning of 1950s in France anyone at the age 14 could start learning the craft. This way French jewelers, like no others in the world, gain a substantial portion of experience at the early age. Even non-designer jewels were produced by the highly skilled masters.
Most modern jewelry is not handcrafted anymore, and mass market-oriented production is prevailing. Jewelry designs are streamlined to use as little hand labor as possible. That's why today vintage French jewelry is in such high demand.
Here is the most desirable French vintage jewelry from Nadine Krakov Collection.
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