October-November 2017 Issue of Inside New Orleans

Page 57

Boudreaux’s Jewelers And so began a family tradition of excellence that now spans four generations. The newest to take up the mantle is Brandon Boudreaux, who at 26 is lead jewelry designer and unofficial family historian. “My great-grandparents owned the building where the first jewelry store was located,” he says. “The bottom floor held the store. The next two floors were jewelry manufacturing. And the family lived on the top floor.” Boudreaux’s Jewelers was soon the exclusive jeweler for the Archdiocese of New Orleans. “We constructed their chalices and other religious items,” >> October-November 2017 57


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