Philippe Tournaire

Philippe Tournaire settles in a townhouse in Montbrison, rue Tupinerie, which he arranged to accommodate a workshop and a shop to obtain visibility on the most commercial street in the city.

Philippe Tournaire obtains the title of "master craftsman". The Maître Artisan title represents the highest distinction that it is possible to attribute to a craftsman. It is a title of honor for any craftsman who receives it.

Launch of the iconic collection Alchimie. The creator Joaillier Philippe Tournaire represents The stages of life: the square for the past, the triangle for the present and the round for the future. This reason will become his signature.

The ring Alchimie Trilogy was imagined on the occasion of a trilogy competition organized by the Diamond Center in the 90s. It was first drawn in two different ways and then produced in prototypes. The trilogy that was retained was not the favorite of Philippe Tournaire: the prettiest on paper did not give the most beautiful effect in reality. This iconic model of the house required several years of evolution to reach the perfectly balanced and harmonious current version.

With a growing renown, Philippe Tournaire opens a second shop, in Lyon in the Carré d'Or Lyonnais. The Tournaire boutique is located today at 4, rue Childebert, in the Lyonnaise peninsula.

The year of consecration with the opening of a third shop in Paris, Place Vendôme, the address of the biggest jewelers in the world. This prestigious establishment gives the Tournaire Maison a new scale which allows it an international expansion, with exhibitions on the American continent, the Middle East and Asia.

Philippe Tournaire combines his jewelry know-how with that of a large sports brand: Les Skis Lacroix. This renowned partnership will be the first in a long series, including Clément rums, Focal Helmets, Ceramist Georges Pelletier, BIC pens or the best -selling contemporary artist in the world Richard Orlinski.

Arrival of Mathieu Tournaire, son of Philippe Tournaire in the company. Inevitably, the passion for the jewelry of Mathieu Tournaire was transmitted by his father naturally during childhood since he spent a large part of his days in the latter's workshop. However, the future creator did not directly follow the path offered to him. He began his professional life in teaching after following studies in history and anthropology. However, this growing passion that is in him from an early age takes over and ends up catching him.

Fabienne Buccio, a prefect of the Loire, gives the highest honorary distinction of our nation to Philippe Tournaire, that of knight's insignia in the national order of the Legion of Honor.

The same year, Mathieu Tournaire became artistic director of the house and inaugurated the new head office located on the outskirts of Montbrison. This manufacture is made up of a new shop as well as the workshop and research & development offices.

Artistic director of the house since 2013, Mathieu Tournaire becomes managing director of the company.

Mathieu Tournaire conveys the fundamental values ​​of the house, he thinks and manufactures all his jewelry in his workshop in Montbrison in France, while valuing a precious know-how of French jewelry inherited from his father.

Launch of a new brand: Decor Tournaire.

A new department dedicated to decoration and art objects backed by the house of jewelry which has mastered for several years all the know-how of jewelry, jewelry, 3D prototyping, foundry, goldsmithery ... This within its workshop in Montbrison the Loire.

Today the Maison Tournaire joins forces with companies for unique creations or series productions requiring its historic know-how, but also its new techniques developed in the field of decoration, table art, of the design.