The next auction at Christie’s is what it should have contained the jewelry of a chic woman, in the aristocratic Paris during Belle Èpoque: at least two pearl necklaces, two rings with diamonds, rubies and sapphires, a sutoir of small diamonds set in platinum, pearl and diamond earrings, three pins and a bracelet of diamonds and colored gemstones. All, of course, signed by the greatest jewelers of the capital, as Boivin, Cartier and Chaumet. That had very special guests: the provenance of certain lots, old pieces but still really modern, is princelP. For example, the clasp of a necklace of pearls is a gift from the last sovereign of France, Empress Eugenie, the soutoir belonged to Her Royal Highness, Princess Cécile Murat. While the ring by Chaumet, with a rare sapphire of Kashmir, was a property of the Duchess of Luynes, a family mentioned in history books, and even in the novels of Alexandre Dumas. In addition to this collection, many other signature such as Boucheron, Bulgari, Buccellati, Graff, Mauboussin, Tiffany and Van Cleef & Arpels. Of course, more recent, but no less elegant: they represent the taste and personality of women who have chosen them.
