Since 1950, Goossens has been designing and creating jewelry and furniture imbued with a unique wealth of expression and aesthetic vitality. Fertile and infinite, the sources of inspiration – whether organic, architectural or historical – generously shape joyful creations where poetry and fantasy are expressed with complete freedom. Goossens: An agitator of brilliance. A balancing act of metal. An enhancer of lines.
Robert Goossens, the brilliant craftsman and son of the owner of a foundry in the Marais neighbourhood, opened a small goldsmith's workshop in the 1950s. Driven by an insatiable curiosity and a taste for challenge, he was always ready to push technical boundaries. He interpreted and handled jewellery with daring and character. Indeed, it was these qualities and this visionary spirit that Gabrielle Chanel sought out. Together, the goldsmith and the fashion pioneer invented jewellery in antique and Byzantine styles, joyfully blurring the lines.
Robert Goossens quickly became the preferred goldsmith of fashion designers. The historical complicity between these various encounters led to a couture spirit and an all-consuming desire to upend the established paradigms of creation. Goossens continues to put its savoir-faire and curiosity at the service of numerous fashion houses, young designers and architects.
From the end of the 50s, Goossens has traversed the frontiers of jewellery to extend its expertise into the world of decoration. By entering this new domain, Goossens demonstrates its ability to move from the scale of jewellery to that of furniture and objets d'art. Magic mirrors, poetic lamps and decorative objects such as the trio of lions are among the House's emblematic creations.
