Rosette Cathédrale St-Julien du Mans

Saint-Julien du Mans Cathedral Rose Window Medal in natural jewellery-grade mother-of-pearl, rimmed in 18-karat 750/1000 gold.

The great rose of Le Mans, in jewellery-grade mother-of-pearl

Saint-Julien cathedral in Le Mans is famous for its Gothic choir, one of the tallest in France, carried by a forest of Y-shaped flying buttresses, and for its stained glass, among the oldest in the world. The medal takes up the great rose of the transept, raised in the fifteenth century: a heart from which spring twelve stone spokes, a ring of trefoil lancets and an outer ring of quatrefoils, out to the gold rim. Every element is carved in mother-of-pearl, whose translucency renders the light of stained glass. A Le Mans rose window medal, for the people of Le Mans and for those who have discovered the Cité Plantagenêt.

The know-how of Mayaud rose windows

Manufacture Mayaud is the only workshop in the world to make cathedral rose windows in jewellery-grade mother-of-pearl. Each rose window takes many hours of work: the tracery is drawn from the rose itself, then carved and engraved in mother-of-pearl at the scale of a medal, without simplifying anything. It is a complex know-how, developed in our Paris workshop, of which we are very proud, and which we inaugurated with the Notre-Dame de Paris rose window, the first ever offered in mother-of-pearl and 750/1000 gold. Registered design filed with the INPI, 100% made in France.

Jewellery-grade mother-of-pearl, rimmed in 18-karat gold

Natural extra-white mother-of-pearl of jewellery grade, set in an 18-karat yellow gold rim, bail included, from 1.40 g of gold in 20 mm to 1.70 g in 26 mm. Rim in polished finish.

All our gold and mother-of-pearl medals are made specially for you, to order.

The production time is 2 to 3 days.

Diameters and variations

Four diameters, 20, 22, 24 and 26 mm: the larger the medal, the more finely the tracery can be read. The Le Mans rose window is also available in silver and mother-of-pearl. To be worn on an 18-karat yellow gold trace chain.

Frequently asked questions

Can the Le Mans rose window medal be engraved? Yes: the reverse of the mother-of-pearl is smooth and takes an engraving, first name and date, carried out in the workshop with the engraving package.

Which diameter to choose? The 20 mm for a christening or a child, the 22 or 24 mm for everyday wear, the 26 mm to read the tracery in all its fineness, as a pendant.

What makes the Mayaud rose window unique? We are the only workshop in the world to carve cathedral rose windows in jewellery-grade mother-of-pearl, rimmed in 18-karat gold, in Paris; every model is a registered design filed with the INPI.