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Joel Arthur Rosenthal
American jeweller
Joel Arthur Rosenthal is an American jeweller who works in Paris where he founded the fine jewelry firm JAR.
He has been called "the Faberge of our time."[1]
Early life
Born in 1943 in the Bronx, Joel Arthur Rosenthal is the only son of a postman and a teacher in biology. He spent a semester at City College of New York studying linguistics; he speaks French, Italian, English and Yiddish.
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He then transferred to Harvard University, where he studied art history and philosophy, graduating in 1966.[2] He then moved to Paris where he worked as a screenwriter, then as a needle-stitcher, opening a small shop.
He experimented with unusually colored yarn. Its clientele included designers from Hermès and Valentino. Rosenthal one day was asked if he could design a mount for a gemstone. That sent his career in a new direction.
Career
After a short stint as a salesman in the New York store of Bulgari, he returned to Paris