The silversmiths Jarosinski & Vaugoin are among the businesses in the 7th district you cannot see from the street. Through the gate, across the courtyard, then the workshop: anvils, hammers, moulds from 175 years. Cutlery in more than 200 patterns is made here, along with centrepieces, chalices, one-off pieces for embassies and private clients.
Jean-Paul Vaugoin runs the house in the sixth generation, and he is one of the few masters who truly open their doors. Listen and you learn why a spoon takes 40 steps, what a hammer stroke has to do with sound, and how a business survives when nobody inherits silver anymore.
