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Lalaounis is an Athenian jeweller known for its antiquity-inspired designs. In 1940, at age twenty, founder Ilias Lalaounis began his career by apprenticing at the prestigous Zolotas — the family business. Eventually Lalaounis started his own firm, specializing in fabricating chains. Later he began to produce ancient Greek revival jewellery.
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(1884 - present)
Greek jewellers best known for their bold designs from the 1960’s to 80’s. The firm’s history begins with the patriarch of the Bulgari family, Sotirios (1857-1932). After a series of political upheavals and traumatic robberies, Sotirios and his father moved in 1877 from Paramythia to the Greek island of Corfu where they set up a successful silver workshop, practicing an art passed through their family since Byzantine times.
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