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Lalaounis, 1920 Athen, Griechenland

born in Athens in 1920, Ilias Lalaounis was the fourth generation of a family of Greek goldsmiths and watchmakers. He studied Law and Economics at the University of Athens but the lure of jewelry soon drew him to the family business Zolotas, run by his uncle, which he joined in 1940. As a young apprentice goldsmith, he learned about the skills and history of jewelry and his enthusiasm for ancient art saw him spend increasing amounts of time in museums. Here he studied jewelry and artifacts from ancient civilizations and whilst doing so says that he “felt that a new, wide horizon was unfolding before me … I concentrated on getting to know better the works of ancient goldsmiths.”