Resumen de Jules Wièse, héritier de François-Désiré Froment-Meurice: sur les traces d'un orfèvre et de son oeuvre singulière
Jules Wiése, heir to François-Désiré Froment-Meurice: on the trail of a goldsmith and his singular work.
Jules Wiése was a glodsmith from Berlin, who, during a trip to France in 1839, entered the workshop of François-Désiré Froment-Meurice, and began a career as an innovative craftsman. As a reward for his work in Froment-Meurice's workshop, in 1849 he received the "médaille de collaborateur". At the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1855, he was awarded two first class medals for his goldsmith works and his jewelery. In 1862, he obtained the medal of honor at the London Exhibition. He excelled in the production of pieces in enameled and jeweled, gilt silver. As well as jewelery objects and various accesories, he was specialized in liturgical furnishings. His hallmarks are the sign of excellence of execution by means of the first-rate chasing accentuated by a sculptural quality. In 1880, he sold his business to his daughter and his son Louis Wièse. He slowly withdrew from his activities, and died in 1890 in Paris at 90 rue de Richelieu in the second arrondissement. His master's hallmark was used from 1844 to 1890.
