Jean Mayeur

Jean A. Mayeur was a jewelry designer who has worked at Cartier in Paris, France, also at the Cartier location in London, England and then at Cartier in New York City (born 1928-01-28 died 1997-07-05). His most notable works include design of the mount for the diamond which Cartier sold to Elizabeth Taylor, jewellery designed for the Duchess of York and design of a Sikorsky helicopter trophy, which is at the Smithsonian.

Mayeur was educated at École des Beaux-Arts. While living in New York City he became a fan of the music of Dave Brubeck and personally presented him a portrait of the musician which he painted. While working at Cartier in New York he met Salvador Dali who was at the jewellery store with his lady friend. Salvador was overheard saying that they needed a precious gem "to put in the bread". What followed then during Salvador's visit : he noticed that there was a full length mirror in the showroom, so walking up to it he admired himself and preened his moustache's ends, then without hesitation walked into the mirror as if he was expecting to pass through it. After shaking his head from the collision, he turned around and walked away as if nothing had happened. Jean Mayeur was also employed by Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Texas for many years, Richard Eisman jewelry and his last employer up until his passing away was deBoulle in Dallas, Texas.

Jean Mayeur was also a contributor to a book on jewelry design "Techniques of Jewelry Illustration and Color Rendering" by Adolfo Mattiello [cite book|last = Mattiello|first = Adolfo|coauthors = Judith Evans, and Cy Cylkowski|title = Techniques of Jewelry Illustration and Color Rendering|publisher = Du Matt Corp|date = 1998|ISBN = 0964419300] in a chapter where he shared professional advice for aspiring jewelry designers.

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