For four generations, Lumière has set rare stones by hand in our atelier off the Place Vendôme. Every diamond is GIA-certified, every setting cut to order, and every piece made to be worn for a century — not a season.
In the windows of the world's finest houses
Six signature collections, each built around a single idea and a single cut. Nothing here is mass-set — every piece is made to order in our Paris atelier, in editions kept deliberately small.
A solitaire built on a hand-forged platinum cathedral setting, designed to lift a single brilliant-cut diamond into the light. Centre stones from 0.70 to 5.00 carats, each GIA-graded D–F, VVS.
A trailing line of graduated diamonds — micro-set by hand in a single afternoon's work per centimetre — that follows the collarbone like a fall of light. One-of-one, numbered, archived.
Colombian emeralds and Burmese rubies in the old bezel tradition, sourced through houses we have bought from for over forty years and certified to origin, not just to grade.
The pieces you never take off — a hairline tennis bracelet, a pavé band, a pair of two-carat studs — in 18k recycled gold, made to be lived in and handed down.
Re-cut and reset family stones, given a new life in a contemporary mount by the same hands that restore our archive pieces. Bring your grandmother's ring; leave with an heirloom.
A commission from the first sketch — your stone, your story, designed across three consultations with our atelier and rendered before a single facet is set.
We do not hold inventory of finished jewels. We hold stones, hands, and a hundred and seventeen years of method — and we set each piece for the person who will wear it.
Every diamond arrives GIA- or GCAL-certified; every coloured stone is documented to its mine. Nothing enters the safe that we cannot trace, and nothing is treated without it being stated in writing.
A single high-jewelry necklace can take a master sertisseur over 300 hours at the bench. No casting line, no outsourced setting — the hands that begin a piece are the hands that finish it.
Every commission is hand-drawn, rendered, and presented in wax or CAD before a stone is touched. You approve the jewel you will own — there are no surprises at collection.
All Lumière gold and platinum is 100% recycled and refined to RJC chain-of-custody standard. The same brilliance, with none of the new extraction.
Complimentary cleaning, re-polishing, prong-tightening, and re-certification for the life of the piece — at the atelier or by insured courier, for as long as you own it.
A Lumière jewel is an asset. We repurchase or trade up any piece we have made, at a transparent valuation against the current stone market, with full provenance intact.
The measure of the maison
“I came in with my mother's emerald and an idea I couldn't quite describe. Three months later I left with the ring I'll give my own daughter. They understood the sentiment before they touched the stone.”
“We looked at six houses for the engagement ring. Lumière was the only one that showed us the certificate, the budget, and the wax before asking for a deposit. The Étoile setting is extraordinary in person.”
“Ten years on, my Comète necklace was cleaned, re-set, and re-certified in an afternoon — no charge, no questions. That is the difference between buying a jewel and joining a house.”
Yes — this is the heart of what we do. Bring an inherited stone or one you've sourced, and our atelier will design a new setting across three consultations, render it in wax or CAD for your approval, and set it by hand. Re-cutting and re-certification can be arranged in-house.
Every diamond ships with a GIA or GCAL grading report; every significant coloured stone carries an origin and treatment report from an independent lab such as SSEF or Gübelin. Any treatment is disclosed in writing on the certificate of authenticity.
Complimentary cleaning, re-polishing, rhodium re-plating where relevant, prong and clasp tightening, and re-certification — for the life of the piece, for as long as you own it. Service is done at the Paris atelier or by fully insured two-way courier.
A solitaire from the Étoile collection is typically ready in four to six weeks. A bespoke high-jewelry commission from sketch to bench usually takes three to five months, depending on the stones and the complexity of the setting.
Yes. We repurchase or trade up any jewel we have made, valued transparently against the current diamond and coloured-stone market, with its original certification and provenance carried forward. A Lumière piece is meant to hold its worth.
No. We hold private viewings by appointment in Paris, London, and New York, and conduct full commissions remotely by encrypted video, with stones and finished pieces delivered under insured, white-glove transport worldwide.
Meet our atelier in Paris, London, or New York — or by encrypted video, anywhere. No obligation, no pressure: just the stones, the drawings, and an honest conversation about the piece you want to keep forever.