Jean Schlumberger was born in 1906 in Mulhouse, in the German-controlled Alsace, into a family of textile industrialists. Preferring art to textile, his first jewellery creations were china flowers, mounted as clips which he gave to his friends. They caught the attention of the Couturiere Elsa Schiaparelli who commissioned Schlumberger to design costume jewellery. After serving in the army and then the three French forces, he set up workshops with his business partner, Nicholas Bongard, in New York City and Paris. In 1956, Walter Hoving the new chairman of Tiffany & Co, bought Schlumberger into the firm as a vice president. He also invited him to stamp his creations with his name, the first designer to be given this privilege. In 1961, the Wildenstein gallery in NYC held an exhibition of his jewellery and objects d’art. The Virginia Museum of fine arts has on permanent exhibit, a selection of his jewels and fantasy objects on loan from Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon. Jean Schlumberger died in 1987 and his creations continue to be offered by Tiffany & Co.

 

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