Our Maison
A century devoted to light
For three generations, Lumière has made jewellery the slow way — by hand, in Paris, for those who understand that the rarest luxury is time.
Heritage
Born of a single obsession
From the beginning, the Maison concerned itself with one question above all others: how to make light hold still. Every technique we have developed since exists in service of that single pursuit.
Philosophy
We believe an object worn against the skin should be made slowly, and meant to last beyond us.
Restraint
We remove until only the essential remains. Nothing is added that the piece does not need.
Patience
Time is our most expensive material. We spend it generously, and never apologise for it.
Permanence
We make heirlooms, not seasons. Each piece is built to be inherited, not replaced.
The Founder
“I never wanted to make jewellery that was merely admired. I wanted to make objects that would be loved, and kept.”
The Maison was founded by a single goldsmith whose name still marks every clasp. The bench he built remains in use — and the standard he set has never been lowered.
— Founder, Maison Lumière
Milestones
A hundred years, by hand
1924
The First Atelier
Founded above a quiet Paris courtyard, the Maison begins with a single bench and a singular obsession with light.
1958
The Solitaire
The house introduces its signature setting — a stone held on a thread of platinum, a silhouette still made today.
1989
A Second Generation
Craft and archive pass to the next pair of hands, preserving method while refining form.
2010
The Tourbillon
The first in-house complication leaves the workshop, extending the Maison’s craft into time itself.
2026
Today
Still made by hand, one piece at a time, for those who measure value in lifetimes.