The Celts during III century BC
• They spread enamels in round cavities, on a bronze support, this was the beginning of the champlevé technique.
In the XV and XVI century
• Painted enamels give up the previous techniques and joined the great movement of the "Renaissance".
In the XVI century
• Thanks to translucids enamels , Limoges got a very special position in Europe.
• Among the enamels dynasties , the Pénicaud, the Noailher, the Courteys, the Laudin, we have to mention Léonard Limosin, the most famous Limoges artist.

In the XX century in Paris
• The workshops of famous jewelers and silverworkers (Boucheron, Cartier, Goulden, Lalique) jugle with the differents techniques.
• In Limoges, the work of enamel was rediscovered by Fauré workshop, Léon Jouhaud, Alexandre and Henriette Marty, Charles Peltant, Jules and Robert Sarlandi.