The Collections

JFF creates one-of-kind jewelry and objets d’art of exceptional opulence and originality. The works are distinguished by richness of materials, often used in startling combinations; an exuberant use of color; impeccable craftsmanship; and a totemic, rather magical quality.

The jewelry is inspired by the ancient civilizations that Jean-François Fichot encountered along the old Silk Road: Greece, Rome, Egypt, Persia, India, Burma, Siam, Java, China—as well as Bali, where made his home and built his studio. The materials come from the treasures he collected on his travels—precious or unusual gemstones, antique ivory and glass, fossilized tusk, even beetle wings—but the primary materials is fine gold: symbolic of the sacred life-giving power of the sun.

Jean-François Fichot’s flamboyant imagination and magnificent sense of play also led him to create objets d’art. These may be purely ornamental or function as household objects, elevated to art pieces by wit and the lavish use of sterling silver, gold, and gemstones.