Biography lorenz bäumer paris

Lorenz Bäumer is a French-German jeweler and the founder and director of the company of the same name located at 19, Place Vendôme Paris, France.
A passionate surfer, Lorenz Bäumer lives with his family in Paris and is an eclectic collector of – mainly – all kinds of art, design and antiques.
As the only independent jeweller on Place Vendôme, Lorenz Bäumer has signed his creations with his own name for the past 30 years, at 19 Place Vendôme in Paris.

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BÄUMER VENDÔME

Fine jewellery house founded by Lorenz Bäumer

The only independent jeweller on Place Vendôme (at number 19), Lorenz Bäumer has been creating for 30 years. Always ready to embark on a new creative and revolutionary adventure, he gives free rein to his unbridled creativity to create, surprise and sublimate. He is particularly fond of this Place Vendôme heritage.

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Born in Washington to diplomat parents, Lorenz Bäumer's childhood featured a lot of travel. After graduating from the Ecole Centrale de Paris, his engineering qualification made him a pioneer in the use of new techniques and new materials. He quickly established himself as one of the greatest jewellers of the 21st century.

Spotted by the most famous houses, Lorenz Bäumer was the artistic director of Chanel jewellery for 20 years and then worked on the launch and development of Louis Vuitton for 10 years. In 2010, the designer was selected by the royal family of Monaco to create the jewel for the wedding of Princess Charlene Wittsock and Prince Albert II. He created for her the famous "Ecume de diam

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Lorenz Bäumer

French jeweler

Lorenz Bäumer
Born	December 28, 1965 Washington
Nationality	German & French
Education	École centrale Paris
Occupation(s)	Jeweller and Designer
Website	https://www.baumer-vendome.com/

Lorenz Bäumer (born in 1965 in Washington, D.C.) is a French-German jeweler and the founder and director of the company of the same name located at 19, Place Vendôme Paris, France.^[1]

Biography

Lorenz Bäumer was born on December 28, 1965, in Washington D.C., to a French mother and a German diplomatic father. He lived his early years in the United States, Jordan, Germany, Austria, Canada and Israel thanks to his father's diplomatic missions.^[2] He moved to Paris at the age of 15 and studied at the Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, then entered the École Centrale Paris after two years of preparatory classes at the Lycée Sainte-Geneviève in Versailles. Lorenz Bäumer graduated in 1988 with an engineering degree in Innovation, Design and Production2.

Career

In 1988, he created his first costumer jewe

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DESIGNER PROFILE - Lorenz Baümer

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Lorenz Bäumer, Parisian designer extraordinaire, fills in our blanks

If Hollywood were to make a movie about the life of Lorenz Bäumer, Ralph Fiennes would star and Anthony Minghella would direct. Bäumer, 42, a designer who makes exquisite jewels for private collectors from his Paris headquarters on Place Vendôme, lives an unbelievably dashing life. Born in Washington, D.C., to a French mother and a German diplomat father, he spends his summers surfing in Indonesia and his winters scouring flea markets in Paris and antiques galleries in Biarritz, in between traveling the world to source one-of-a-kind stones for his clients.

Bäumer is well-prepared for the role. After graduating from the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in Paris in 1988 with a degree in engineering, he spent 10 years creating costume jewelry under the label Lorenz, a beginning that mirrored that of his jewelry idols, Jean Schlumberger, Fulco di Verdura and René Lalique. “Little by little, I pushed back the boundaries of my imagination,” he w