FOUQUET, Georges
French jewellery designer. He was a scion of the Fouquet family of jewellers, best known for his Art Nouveau creations. After taking over his father’s business in 1895, he promptly switched production to the Art Nouveau style, employing designers and technicians who had previously studied with Lalique. Besides Japanese and oriental influences, Fouquet used Egyptian sources as well for decorative ensembles. Despite the “cheap” nature of horn as raw material, work of this kind soon became fashionable, as it had exotic appeal even for the bourgeoisie.
His jewellery shop at 6 rue Royale in Paris was designed by the illustrator Alphonse Mucha with whom he collaborated from 1899 to 1901. The interior of the shop is preserved at the Carnavalet Museum in Paris.
He designed jewels for French actresses such as Sarah Bernhardt. Pieces of his work can be found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Petit Palais, Paris.