Registry entry
VAHAN Jewelry (Der Calousdian family)
Hand-crafted atelier jewelry; three generations
Sacha Der Calousdian, a classically trained French designer, founded VAHAN in 1968 from a one-man studio in Manhattan; the house crafts its jewelry by hand in its own United States atelier.
Three generations are named on the brand's own pages — Sacha Der Calousdian, with Nathalie Der Calousdian as CEO and Greg Der Calousdian as President and Chief Designer.
An INSTORE obituary carries the deeper lineage: born in France to an Armenian family steeped in jewelry artistry, Sacha was the grandson of Manasse Der Calousdian, who created diamond crowns for the Shah of Persia in 1906.
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