Rubel Frères was a Parisian goldsmith atelier that produced jewellery for Cartier and other major houses in the first half of the twentieth century. The brothers Jean and Robert Rubel opened their workshop in Paris in 1915 and operated from the avenue de l'Opéra through the late 1930s.
The firm belongs to the network of workshop suppliers, alongside Henri Lavabre, Henri Picq, Verger Frères, and Strauss, Allard et Meyer, whose contribution to the physical production of Cartier objects has begun to be documented through hallmark research. They also produced work for Van Cleef & Arpels and Lacloche Frères. In 1940 the brothers relocated to New York, where they worked briefly under the name John Rubel & Co.
Sources
- Francesca Cartier Brickell, The Cartiers (Ballantine Books, 2019)
- Jean-Jacques Richard, "John & Robert Rubel, Joailliers Français en Amérique" (richardjeanjacques.com, June 2013)
