Surely, if you’re a fine jewellery lover, you would have seen his works even though you may not know his name. While Frédéric Zaavy (19642011) created some of his best and most recognisable works as Fabergé’s exclusive jeweller, he was truly a singular creative spirit who wandered the globe and struck it out on his own as first a gemologist, then a gem trader and, finally, a jewellery designer.
As the third generation of a family of diamond merchants, Zaavy had a classic French education and studied at several art schools including the École des Arts Appliqués and the École des BeauxArts before suddenly escaping into the woods of Canada at age 17. Inexplicably, he then returned to society in his early 20s to pursue a Gemological Institute of America degree and thereafter start exploring the world as a gem and diamond trader.
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