One address, four generations

Émile Diorse takes a single bench and hires one apprentice.

Registered with the assay office. The same punch is still struck into every piece today.

The thin-claw solitaire is drawn. It takes four years and eleven failed prototypes to reach production.

Claire Diorse draws the first unbroken line of matched stones, and it becomes the house’s most-worn piece.

Hand-drawn initials are offered for the first time. It becomes the most personal collection in the house.

Nineteen artisans. One boutique, in Tehran.