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Chaumet high jewelry with Josephine

Published on October 21, 2023

A collection of Chaumet jewels recalls Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, better known as Josephine of Beauharnais, first wife of Emperor Napoleon from 1796 to 1809. She was Empress of the French from 1804 to 1809 and Queen of Italy from 1805 to 1809. To her, Joséphine, Chaumet dedicates the Joséphine-l’Aigrette V line, jewels that include two new sets: one in white gold, the other in rose gold. The jewels are made with diamonds in various cuts and settings, on delicately perforated pieces that recall the light lace of the fashion of the time.

Orecchini in oro rosa e diamanti — Rose gold and diamond earrings

The V-shape of the Aigrette is the characteristic feature, as are the pear-cut gems which seems to have been the queen’s favourite. Diamonds, but also rubies and sapphires are presented with this teardrop shape. And, again with a pear geometry, the collection also offers a series of watches, which combine the original shape with a gold detail with the upside-down V. The dial is surrounded by a rose gold border dotted with diamonds, while the crocodile leather straps come in a suite of colours.

Anello Aigrette in oro bianco e diamanti — Aigrette ring in white gold and diamonds

Anello Josèphine Duo in oro bianco, rubino e e diamanti — Josèphine Duo ring in white gold, ruby and diamonds

Collana Josèphine Duo in oro bianco, rubino e e diamante a pera — Josèphine Duo necklace in white gold, ruby and pear-shaped diamond

Orologio della collezione Joséphine-l'Aigrette V con cinturino rosso — Watch from the Joséphine-l’Aigrette V collection with red strap

Collier con diamanti e zaffiro taglio pera — Necklace with diamonds and pear-cut sapphire

Collana con ciondolo in oro bianco e diamanti — Necklace with pendant in white gold and diamonds

New Liens for Chaumet

Published on January 13, 2023

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Ciondolo Jeux de Liens Harmony in oro bianco, diamanti e zaffiri

Chaumet, the high jewelery Maison that is part of the Lvmh group, presented new pieces from the Liens collection, which is inspired by sentimental ties. The jewels are made of pink and white gold, with or without pavé of small diamonds, through a recurring design in the Maison’s creations. The jewelery collection therefore includes pieces such as Liens Évidence, with an element reminiscent of a suspension bridge.

Anello Liens Évidence in oro bianco e diamanti

The rings are now also available as a pendant. Jeux de Liens, a variant of the collection, features pieces with the motif of crossed links. The pendant is also available in a more voluminous shape, inspired by the infinity symbol. The pieces are in white gold with the addition of sapphires. Then there are the jewels of the Jeux de Liens Harmony line, which use gold for medallions with a sunburst finish. Complementing the existing models in rose gold with pavé diamonds, a new mid-size version will join the Harmony family in March 2023.

Collana e pendente in oro bianco con pavé di diamanti

Collana con pendente Liens Évidence in oro rosa e diamanti

Anello Jeux de Liens Harmony in oro bianco, diamanti e zaffiri

Ciondolo Jeux de Liens Harmony in oro giallo e diamanti

Mahnaz Collection, the best of the twentieth century

Published on August 13, 2022

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Anello in oro e lapislazzuli di Jean Després

If you love jewelry from sixties and seventies, and you have a bit ‘of money to spend, make an appointment in New York, where is the Mahnaz Collection. It is a company unlike any other, passion fruit and thecollecting by Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos, who sells high quality jewelry products during the twentieth century. The company collects offers pieces by historic Maisons of high jewelry, but also those made by artists, craftsmen, jewelers and independent designers. Provided they are of a high standard. In short, it is an alternative to auction houses that sell vintage jewelry to the highest bidder. Are pieces of Cartier, Van Cleef and Arpels, dit Mellerio Meller, Kutchinsky, Bulgari, Chaumet, Boucheron, Lalaounis, Georg Jensen, and Tiffany. But also signed by the legendary Roman goldsmith Mario Masenza.

Collana Mandala in rame colorato by Robert Lee Morris

A note is deserved to the founder, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos, daughter of a businessman Pakistani and of mother patron of the arts, and raised in Chittagong port city of Bangladesh. “I come from a culture where women visit a jewelry store every two days”, she says. She has traveled into the world: adolescence between Pakistan, Iran, Switzerland and England. She then graduated from Wellesley College in Massachusetts, she received a master’s degree and then a doctorate in international relations. An activity that she has not abandoned (she also wrote a geopolitics book, «Pakistan: Dimensions of Insecurity»). But probably she has more fun to collect fine jewelry around the world.

Anello in argento rodiato e diamanti neri di Zaha Hadid realizzato da Georg Jensen

Collana con perle di giada e oro 18 carati, 1973

Collana in oro, diamanti e ametista di Andrew Grima

Spilla in oro con acquamarina di Karl Stiggen

Collana in oro di Leo Torikainen per Pirkan Kulta

The waves of the sea for Chaumet high jewelery

Published on July 26, 2022

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Anello Gulfstream in oro bianco, ornato di uno smeraldo ottagonale verde brillante da 3,52 carati proveniente dalla Colombia, zaffiri tondi e baguette, smeraldi tondi, tormaline Paraiba e diamanti taglio brillante

For over a century, Chaumet has been a pillar of Place Vendôme, the Parisian square that is the temple of high jewelery. The Maison, famous among other things for its tiaras, however, has an even older date of birth: in 1802 it was already Napoleon’s official jeweler. Chaumet is also one of those Maison that can present extraordinary collections of high jewelery once a year. That of 2022 is called Ondes et Merveilles and is dedicated to the sea. And, indeed, there are jewels with a wavy movement and wonderful gems that embellish the refined design of the jewels. Like the other collections of high jewelry, Ondes et Merveilles is also composed of chapters that also divide the jewels aesthetically.

Anello À- leur d'Eau in oro bianco, con un diamante D VVS2 taglio ovale da 3,03 carati — Anello À- leur d’Eau in oro bianco, con un diamante D VVS2 taglio ovale da 3,03 carati

The lines of the collection are three: Ondes animées, Rivages vus du ciel et Mille et un habitants des mers. Each is characterized by a design and the stones used. There are, for example, rings such as Escales, which features a pear-shaped Paraiba tourmaline framed by diamonds and spinels, which evokes the idea of a tiara, Chaumet’s signature piece.

Collana e orecchino indossati. Oro bianco e rosa, spinelli rossi, zaffiri, tormalina paraiba, diamanti. Courtesy Chaumet

The À Fleur d’Eau ring, on the other hand, is in white gold and uses only diamonds: a 3.03-carat oval-cut D VVS2 gemstone, together with three 1.92-carat marquise-cut diamonds. There are many variations: the Gulfstream ring in white gold is adorned with a 3.52 green octagonal brilliant emerald from Colombia, round and baguette sapphires, round emeralds, Paraiba tourmalines and brilliant-cut diamonds.

Orecchini Chant de Sirènes in oro bianco, con tormaline Paraiba, perle di Tahiti grigie e diamanti taglio brillante

Spille in oro bianco e. diamanti. Possono essere utilizzate anche come ferma capelli

Orecchini À Fleur d'Eau in oro bianco, con un diamante ovale D VVS1 da 2,10 carati, un diamante ovale D VVS2 da 2,08 carati, 4 diamanti taglio marquise per un totale di 3,28 carati, diamanti taglio marquise e taglio brillante — Orecchini À Fleur d’Eau in oro bianco, con un diamante ovale D VVS1 da 2,10 carati, un diamante ovale D VVS2 da 2,08 carati, 4 diamanti taglio marquise per un totale di 3,28 carati, diamanti taglio marquise e taglio brillante

Anello Escales in oro rosa e bianco, tormalina paraiba, diamanti

The jewelers that close in Russia

Published on March 9, 2022

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The real drama is that of human lives lost in vain, of overwhelmed lives, of lives that will never be the same. But the war in Ukraine also causes a smaller, much smaller, but not irrelevant, drama related to jobs, in the West and in Russia, which will be lost to a stupid aggression. Both Russians and Westerners are dealing with the inevitable sanctions announced in time, before the invasion, which will have an impact on the accounts of companies, for example those of jewelry, as well as on the people who work there. The collapse of the ruble and the blocking of the credit card service, in fact, led many jewelry companies to suspend their business. Maybe they will close completely or reopen, if it all ends, but who knows when.

At the time of writing this short article, the last Western brand to close the boutique in Moscow was Swarovski, while Tiffany was among the first to lower the shutter, along with Vuitton. Others have already done so, others will follow. The list of Western Maisons that have opened a boutique in Moscow, St. Petersburg or other Russian cities is long. In Moscow, for example, they have a boutique Chopard, Van Cleef & Arpels, Akillis, Piaget, De Beers, H. Stern, Stephen Webster, Carrera y Carrera, Mauboussin, Mont-Blanc, Dior, Chaumet, Pandora, Frey Wille, Cartier , Trollbeads, Vuitton, Thomas Sabo, Bulgari, Pomellato, Adamas, Damiani, Buccellati. Other brands, such as Pasquale Bruni or Alcozer, are distributed in non-owned jewelers, or in airport duty free shops.

According to an analysis concerning Italian jewelery conducted by ICE (the state body for exports) in general, the Russian buyer is oriented towards medium or medium-high level jewelery. Also according to the analysis, the daily use of rings, earrings, bracelets and necklaces, especially in the capital and large cities, is now seen as a form of accessory to one’s image, not necessarily combined with luxury clothing or for events special. The favorite items of Russian women are rings, chains and earrings; men prefer chains and bracelets, while brooches and necklaces are bought by a minority of the female population, while typically male jewelry such as cufflinks and tie pins are in low demand. In recent years, however, silver jewelery has been more successful than gold, due to the unfavorable ruble-euro exchange rate. Italy (2019 data) exports about 77 million jewels to Russia, about 22 million France, the United States 21 million and the United Kingdom 23 million. However, the one who exports the most to Russia is China with over 88 million.

Eleuteri, vintage jewelry from Rome to New York

Published on January 6, 2022

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Spilla di Van Cleef & Arpels con turchese, rubini, zaffiri, diamanti su oro giallo

Vintage jewelry signed by prestigious Maison: it is Eleuteri’s specialty, which has now also opened a showcase on Madison Avenue, in New York ♦ ︎
There is Bulgari, there is Chaumet, there is Faraone. And then there are Cartier, David Web, Buccellati … All together. But it is not a party for jewelers: the great Maison are in the Eleuteri boutique, one of the great jewelers of Rome specializing in special jewels. Period pieces, more or less antique, but all of great quality. Eleuteri has always been in via Condotti, the luxury shopping street in the capital, Milano, Venezia, Cortina and Porto Cervo..

But Carlo Eleuteri and his son Wagner have also opened a showcase in New York, in central Madison Avenue. A landing that was underlined by a long article in the New York Times. It is a strategic choice. It is no coincidence that Wagner Eleuteri holds a degree from the London School of Economics. The jewelry company is in the fourth generation: the history of Eleuteri began, in fact, in 1894, even if with a candied shop. The transformation into jewelry, however, took place in 1963, with Pietro Eleuteri, a collector passionate about ancient art, who opened an antique shop. From antiques to ancient jewels the passage is short. So much so that now the Roman Maison has accumulated a collection of pieces of considerable value and beauty that, at the moment, are sought above all by the rich tourists who go shopping in Via Condotti. And now also in Manhattan.

Bracciale in oro 18 carati con diamanti, zaffiri, smeraldi, citrini, ametiste

Bracciale in oro rosa con diamanti fancy

Anello di Verdura in oro con ametista cabochon e peridoti

Orecchini di Bulgari in oro, corallo, crisoprasio

Bracciale-orologio di Cartier in oro e zaffiri

A spiral for Chaumet high jewelery

Published on July 15, 2021

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The aesthetics of the ellipse, of the lines that wrap around a center of gravity as in the new collection by Chaumet, characterized the Baroque period. But not only that: even in the nineteenth century the spirals had a moment of glory. For example, the column in the center of Place Vendôme 44 meters high and decorated with bas-reliefs representing trophies and scenes of battles fought by the French army testifies to this. As in the Trajan’s Column in Rome, erected in 113 to celebrate the conquest of Dacia, the bas-reliefs in the Place Vendôme monument also follow a spiral pattern. And this is precisely why the Maison that has been producing high jewelery since 1780 (before the column was erected) was inspired by the monument. In any case, Chaumet was the first jewelry store to open a shop on Place Vendôme in 1812.

The result is Torsade de Chaumet, which features jewels marked by the spiral motif, in white gold, diamonds and rubies, sapphires or emeralds. Do not miss the jewel that contributed to the fame of Chaumet: the tiara. The Maison also created one for its first major client, the Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon. The Torsade de Chaumet tiara is in 18-karat white gold, set with 385 Ef Vvs brilliant-cut white diamonds totaling 63.63 carats and 156 rose-cut white diamonds totaling 23.87 carats. The spirals are then used for earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings, always as a hallmark of the collection.

Anello in oro bianco, zaffiro e diamanti

Anello in oro bianco, smeraldo e diamanti

Collana in oro bianco, diamanti e rubini

Chaumet presents the Jeux de Liens collection in Venice

Published on January 28, 2020

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The novelties of Chaumet a stone’s throw from the Rialto Bridge, in the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, one of the best places for high-end shopping in Venice. The Fondaco dei Tedeschi, built in 1228 to house foreign merchants and rebuilt in 1508, has in fact become a department store. And now it presents a preview in Italy of the Maison’s new fine jewelery collection, Jeux de Liens, obviously on sale in the space reserved for the French brand, which is part of the Lvmh group.

The collection includes jewels that have the geometric shape of the circle in the center, but broken. The circles, in fact, are divided into two asymmetrical parts connected by crossed links. The idea is that you evoke the magic of the meeting. The collection includes an adjustable chain and Jeux de Liens Harmony pendants, which reflect the classic ideas of Chaumet, but also earrings with the shape of an X and bracelets. The jewels are in gold and small diamonds, with inserts of semi-precious stones, such as onyx, malachite or carnelian.

Jeux de Liens indossato — Chaumet, collane della collezione Jeux de Liens

Collane Jeux de Liens indossata — Collane Jeux de Liens

Reza al Tefaf’s jewels

Published on October 15, 2019

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Orecchini con diamanti classe D per 47,3 carati su platino

Maison Reza’s fine jewelery arrives at Tefaf in New York ♦

It is not uncommon for jewelers to have lives or adventurous stories behind them. This is especially true for the great jewelery makers from the East or the Middle East. And it is also the case of Alexandre Reza, who died in Paris in 2016 at 94, but with a story worthy of a novel. Suffice it to say that he was considered the greatest collector of gems of modern times, before becoming a jeweler. And from 1 to 5 November the jewels of the Maison that he founded can be seen at the New York edition of Tefaf, the great exhibition dedicated to objects of art, antiquities and luxury and collectible jewels. Today the Maison is run by the founder’s son, Olivier, at the Place Vendôme site.

Anello Troïdia (a tre lati) con rubino non trattato Est Africa di 8,48 carati, diamanti

Alexandre Reza was born in 1922 in Moscow, son of a jeweler. Like other Russian families, after the October Revolution the Rezas moved to France, first to Nice and then to Paris. He began his career as a diamond expert, traveling a lot to find every stone. Alexandre Reza has also supplied gems to jewelry brands such as Boucheron, Bulgari, Cartier, Chaumet, Harry Winston, Louis Gérard and Van Cleef & Arpels. And as has happened to many other merchants and gemstone experts, at one point he decided to turn himself into a jeweler. But of gram class: only high jewelry with rare diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires. According to the Sotheby’s auction house, “movement, lightness, composition and harmony are the key words of his works”.

Orecchini Crescent, con due diamanti taglio princess per 8,27 carati e 204 taglio brillante per 9 carati

But mishaps were not missed: in 1994 armed thieves stole gems worth about $ 21 million in the jeweler’s salon in Paris. On the other hand, in May 2010 Sotheby’s sold a fancy 5.02 carat blue fancy diamond set in a toi-et-moi ring next to a 5.42-carat white diamond of 6.3 million dollars, setting a record price for a jewel of Reza. Margherita Donato

Bracciale Dune con madreperla e 72 diamanti

Orecchini con zaffiri birmani taglio pera di 18,5 e 20 carati

Orecchini con 16 rubini del Mozambico per 36,6 carati e 24 diamanti taglio marquise per 33 carati

Anello Tour Rectangle, diamante di 2,59 carati, rubini per 3 carati e 118 brillanti

Anello con zaffiro a taglio turbante di 6,68 carati su platino

The skies of Chaumet, 43 pieces of fine jewelry

Published on July 14, 2019

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Tiara Étoile in oro bianco con diamante D VVS2 taglio brillante da 0,93 carati, 2 diamanti D VVS1 taglio brillante da 0,73 e 0,70 carati, 2 diamanti D VVS1 taglio brillante da 0,53 carati ciascuno, 2 diamanti D VVS2 taglio brillante del peso di 0,54 carati ciascuno, 2 diamanti E VVS1 ed E VVS2 taglio brillante del peso di 0,54 carati ciascuno e diamanti taglio brillante.

A new collection of high jewelery signed Chaumet: innovation and tradition for an exceptional result ♦ ︎

The difference between a dish prepared at home and that prepared by a great chef is also in the number of ingredients used, their arrangement and, of course, the ability to cook and present everything. In a sense, this is what happens in jewelery too. Jewels can be simple or the result of an elaborate, rich and imaginative design. You can consider, for example, this necklace that is part of the latest Les Ciels de Chaumet high jewelery collection, consisting of 43 pieces. The necklace is called Soleil de Feu.

And here is his description: white and pink gold necklace, with 4 oval cut mandarin garnets weighing 18.30, 4.00, 2.13 and 2.10 carats, 6 pear-shaped tangerine garnets weighing 2 , 91, 2.10, 1.66, 1.60, 1.30 and 0.63 carats, 5 yellow pear-shaped sapphires weighing 4.78, 1.87, 1.81, 1.81 and 1.12 carats of Ceylon, 5 yellow oval-cut sapphires weighing 3.46, 2.26, 1.89, 1.82 carats from Ceylon, 1 oval-cut yellow sapphire weighing 1.39 carats from Madagascar, a cushion-cut yellow sapphire of weight of 1.69 carats of Ceylon, a pear-shaped yellow sapphire weighing 0.92 carats from Madagascar, an orange-orange pink sapphire cut with a weight of 2.70 carats from Madagascar, 3 Padparadscha sapphires with a cushion cut weighing 2.24, 1.50 and 1.41 carats from Madagascar, a Padparadscha sapphire with a cushion cut weighing 1.44 carats from Ceylon, a Padparadscha oval cut Ceylon sapphire weighing 1.58 carats, a diamond D VVS2 shaped of pear weighing 1.51 carats, 4 pear-shaped D / E VVS diamonds weighing 0.54, 0.52, 0.52 and 0.40 ct, pear-shaped, oval cut and round sapphires yellows, oval and round red spinels, pear-shaped round mandarin garnets, briolette and orange round sapphires and pear-shaped diamonds, oval cut and brilliant cut.

Anello di Lueurs d'Orage, in oro bianco e giallo, con un topazio imperiale, ametista, tanzanite, zaffiri, diamanti — Anello di Lueurs d’Orage, in oro bianco e giallo, con un topazio imperiale, ametista, tanzanite, zaffiri, diamanti

There is no doubt, in short, that the difference between the usual jewelry and high jewelry is a lot. Furthermore, the collection is even more valuable if we consider the ability to blend classic themes of the Maison born in 1780, like the tiaras, with a more modern design. Without losing the advantages of the typical Chaumet workmanship, which manages to maintain an unexpected lightness even in the most elaborate jewels. The mix succeeded.

Tiara Soleil Glorieux in oro bianco e giallo, con un diamante Fancy Intense Yellow F con taglio cushion di circa 2,51 carati, 21 cristalli di roccia taglio cabochon e diamanti taglio brillante e diamanti gialli

Les Ciels de Chaumet is a collection divided into four parts: Les Caprices du Ciel (jewels inspired by the lightness of clouds), Les Couleurs du Ciel (between shining sun and moonbeams) deep), Les Fulgurances du Ciel (between stars and sunset ) and Les Habitants du Ciel (mixing Japanese and Chinese, taking to the waders or the motif of the swallows). The collection uses white diamonds combined with a wide variety of gems, such as yellow sapphires, emeralds, mandarin garnets, black opals from Australia, spinels. The Chaumet’s skies are a lot.

Orecchini in oro bianco e rosa, con 2 zaffiri gialli a goccia che pesano 6,05 e 1,04 carati di Ceylon, uno spinello rosa-arancio a forma di pera del peso di 4,3 carati della Burma, uno spinello rosa a forma di pera del peso di 1,11 carati, un pera- Granato mandarino a forma di mandarino del peso di 0,50 carati, un diamante EF VVS a forma di pera con un peso di 0,31 carati, zaffiri gialli a forma di pera e granati mandarino, spinelli rossi rotondi e diamanti a taglio brillante

Orecchiuni Soleil de MInuit, in oro bianco, con 3 spinelli blu a forma di pera del peso di 6,82, 6,52 e 1,11 carati, uno spinello rosso a forma di pera del peso di 1 carato, uno spinello blu rotondo del peso di 0,87 carati, uno spinello rosso rotondo del peso di 0,83 carati, 3 pere chrysoberyl sagomato da 0,95, 0,45 e 0,42 carati, 5 tormaline verdi a forma di pera per un peso totale di 2,72 carati, granati rodolite rotondi e zaffiri e diamanti taglio brillante

Spilla in oro bianco e rosa, con uno spinello rosso ovale del peso di 5,38 carati, un granato mandarino taglio briolette del peso di 4,77 carati, 4 granati mandarino a forma di pera del peso di 2,99, 1,24, 0,88 e 0,52 carati, 3 a forma di pera gialla zaffiri del peso di 1.81, 1.74 e 0.82 carati di Ceylon, uno zaffiro giallo taglio briolette del peso di 0,45 carati, zaffiri gialli rotondi, spinelli rossi e granati mandarino e diamanti taglio brillante. — Spilla in oro bianco e rosa, con uno spinello rosso ovale del peso di 5,38 carati, un granato mandarino taglio briolette del peso di 4,77 carati, 4 granati mandarino a forma di pera del peso di 2,99, 1,24, 0,88 e 0,52 carati, 3 a forma di pera gialla zaffiri del peso di 1.81, 1.74 e 0.82 carati di Ceylon, uno zaffiro giallo taglio briolette del peso di 0,45 carati, zaffiri gialli rotondi, spinelli rossi e granati mandarino e diamanti taglio brillante

Spilla in oro bianco e rosa, con uno zaffiro giallo a forma di pera del peso di 2,28 carati di Ceylon, uno zaffiro a forma di pera del peso di 1,02 carati di Ceylon, uno zaffiro rosa a forma di pera da 1 carato del Madagascar, 2 zaffiri gialli quadrati per un peso complessivo di 0,78 carati, 4 zaffiri rosa rotondi per un peso complessivo di 0,71 carati, 7 zaffiri rotondi per un peso totale di 1,50 carati, 2 diamanti EF VVS quadrati per un peso totale di 0,49 carati e diamanti a taglio brillante

Bracciale in oro bianco, incastonato con 5 crisoberilli a forma di pera del peso di 4,55, 0,46, 0,45, 0,45 e 0,41 carati, una tormalina rotonda indicolite del peso di 2,30 carati, uno spinello rosso ovale da 1,11 carati della Birmania, 3 plexiglas tagliati ovali 1,32, 0,55 e 0,52 carati, 2 spinelli blu tagliati a cuscino dal peso di 1,73 e 1,69 carati, 4 spinelli blu a taglio ovale del peso di 1,33, 1,32, 1,11 e 0,72 carati, uno spinello rosso dal taglio ovale del peso di 0,43 carati, 2 spinelli rossi rotondi per un peso complessivo di 1,75 carati, granati rodolite rotondi e zaffiri, tormaline indicolite a taglio ovale, rotonde, a forma di cuscino e a forma di pera e diamanti taglio brillante

Collana in oro bianco e rosa, con 6 opali ovali a taglio cabochon nero del peso di 28.11, 6.96, 6.84, 2.91, 2.12 e 2.07 carati dall'Australia, una tormalina Paraïba dal taglio ovale del peso di 4,34 carati dal Brasile, 17 Paraïba multicolore a fantasia tormaline di tipo per un peso totale di 41,57 carati del Mozambico, tormaline multicolori a forma di paraïba dal mojambico e diamanti taglio brillante — Collana in oro bianco e rosa, con 6 opali ovali a taglio cabochon nero del peso di 28.11, 6.96, 6.84, 2.91, 2.12 e 2.07 carati dall’Australia, una tormalina Paraïba dal taglio ovale del peso di 4,34 carati dal Brasile, 17 Paraïba multicolore a fantasia tormaline di tipo per un peso totale di 41,57 carati del Mozambico, tormaline multicolori a forma di paraïba dal mojambico e diamanti taglio brillante

Chaumet’s tiaras on exhibition

Published on July 2, 2019

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Diadema Boccioli di rosa, oro bianco,,diamanti, perle

The famous Chaumet tiaras, and other jewels, on display in the Principality of Monaco ♦

La Maison Chaumet, one of the great names in jewelery, from 1780 to today has created over 2000 tiaras. For queens, aristocratic families, or simply for women who want to wear a special jewel and, of course, they are lucky enough to have a partner who gives them a tiara or a diadem. In fact, once tiaras were reserved for princesses and queens, while now they are a jewel that can be worn by all women on special occasions, such as marriage. In the art of tiara, they explain to Chaumet, everything starts with a drawing. Over the years, Chaumet’s tiaras have thus interpreted the style of romanticism, naturalism, Belle Époque and Art Déco. Now the Maison boasts 400,000 archive drawings and a Salon des Diadèmes, a showcase of Chaumet’s historical collections.

Diadema trasformabile con motivo a giglio appartenuto alla famiglia Leuchtenberg, discendenti dell'imperatrice Giuseppina, 1830. Il grande solitario di smeraldo esagonale può essere indossato come una spilla — Diadema trasformabile con motivo a giglio appartenuto alla famiglia Leuchtenberg, discendenti dell’imperatrice Giuseppina, 1830. Il grande solitario di smeraldo esagonale può essere indossato come una spilla

A heritage that has been traveling the world for a couple of years in an exhibition, which now arrives in the Principality of Monaco, after having passed through Beijing and Tokyo. The exhibition is called Chaumet in Majesty, Jewels of Sovereigns since 1780 and is organized at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Who wants to dream, can see up close tiaras exceptional among 250 jewels of sovereigns, some of which exposed for the first time to the public.

Chaumet in Majesty, Jewels of Sovereigns since 1780
from 12 July to 28 August 2019
Grimaldi Forum in Monaco

Aigrette soleil rayonnant, in platino, smeraldo, diamanti. eno formale della tiara, l'aigrette offre comunque un'aria di festa e allunga la silhouette. Grassetto senza ostentazione, un'alternativa alle stelle e alle crescenti popolari della fine del XIX secolo, il Soleil fu introdotto da Chaumet intorno al 1900 — Aigrette soleil rayonnant, in platino, smeraldo, diamanti. eno formale della tiara, l’aigrette offre comunque un’aria di festa e allunga la silhouette. Grassetto senza ostentazione, un’alternativa alle stelle e alle crescenti popolari della fine del XIX secolo, il Soleil fu introdotto da Chaumet intorno al 1900

Diadema Fleurs pensée, circa 1850, oro, argento e diamanti

Diadème aux épis de blé (spighe di grano)

Collana Bayadère, Chaumet, Parigi, circa 1920, di Joseph Chaumet. Platino, diamanti, zaffiri e perle

Spilla Fuchsia di Chaumet in diamanti fucsia realizzata nel 1840 sotto la direzione di Jean-Baptiste Fossin. Argento su oro con diamanti en tremblant

Spilla-aigrette Lune croissante, con diamanti e perle

The precious laurel of Chaumet

Published on January 16, 2019

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Chaumet’s Laurier Precious Jewelery collection enhances the Maison’s symbol, the laurel leaf ♦

In Greek-Roman mythology, laurel was a sacred plant. It symbolized wisdom and glory: a laurel wreath encircled the winners’ foreheads in the Pythian or Delphic Games and constituted the greatest honor for a poet, who became a graduate poet. The leaf was also the symbol loved by Josephine, Napoleon’s wife, who not by chance adopted the laurel as a symbol of victory and power. In modern jewelry, however, the bay leaves indicate the Parisian Maison Chaumet.

The French brand reiterates it with the Laurier Precious Jewelery collection, which celebrates the plant that recurs in the Maison’s creations.

Orecchini in oro bianco e diamanti con foglie di alloro

In this case, the laurel turns into jewelry made of white gold and diamonds. The laurel leaves in the collection of Chaumet envelop the jewel with an impression of lightness, augmented by the technique of mises à jour on the back. In addition to the jewelery there is also a secret watch in 18 carat white gold, paved castone with 112 brilliant cut diamonds, decorated with a cover decorated with paved laurel paved with 268 brilliant cut diamonds. Lavinia Andorno

Collana in oro bianco e diamanti con foglie di alloro

Chaumet, collezione Laurier Precious Jewellery

Bracciale con segreto: in oro bianco 18 carati, castone lastricato con 112 diamanti a taglio brillante, decorato con una copertura decorata di alloro lastricata pavimentata con 268 diamanti a taglio brillante

Chaumet’s Africa

Published on December 16, 2018

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Spilla Leone in oro bianco, rosa e giallo, zaffiri e diamanti disegnata da Evans Mbugua per Chaumet

Animals and art of Africa becomes high jewelry with the new collection of Chaumet ♦ ︎

African art has inspired artists such as Picasso and Braque. Why should not it be the source of inspiration in jewelry too? But the high jewelery collection entitled Trésors d’Afrique by Chaumet goes even further. Because it is the result of collaboration with the graphic designer and pointillist artist born in Kenya, Evans Mbugua, who lives and works in Paris and has worked in advertising before devoting himself to art. An example, the result of this work, is the Cascade Royale necklace, with black onyx, white and yellow gold and nine marquise-cut diamonds, plus a 7.15-carat emerald from the Muzo, Colombia mines. Or the Talismania bracelets, made of ebony, malachite and chrysoprase, inspired by the Serengeti park.

It is no surprise that in the collection there are also six brooches representing the classic African wild animals, such as giraffe, monkey and lion.

According to Chaumet, other sources of inspiration are the jewels and the diadems of African queens, the beads worn by the Dinka people of South Sudan, or the Nyangatom of Ethiopia, or the royal headdresses of Rwanda and the wedding ornaments of Samburu, Kenya. Mbugua has also designed the quadrants of six mechanical watches, unique pieces, which reproduce, in miniature, hand-engraving techniques, a new animal repertoire. Giulia Netrese

Bracciale Talismania in oro rosa, ebano e rubellite

Bracciale composto da perline di spinello, zaffiro, smeraldo

Collana Cascades Royale, Cascade Royale, con onice nero, oro bianco e giallo e nove diamanti taglio marquise, più uno smeraldo da 7,15 carati delle miniere di Muzo

Orecchini in oro, zaffiri e lapislazzuli

Spilla Giraffa della collezione Trésors d'Afrique — Spilla Giraffa della collezione Trésors d’Afrique

Pisa Diamanti, in Milan new brand and salon

Published on September 27, 2018

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The Pisa Diamanti brand was born in Milan, and a new showroom in Pisa Orologeria hosts six big names of high jewelery ♦ ︎

Milan is the Italian capital of fashion, design and economy. But also of jewelry. Of course, in Valenza and Vicenza they are produced. But in Milan they are sold, especially in the so-called Quadrilatero, that is the area around Via Monte Napoleone. And it is precisely here that one of the most historical stages of jewelery is located, and not only. Pisa Orologeria, in via Verri, is a destination for luxury pilgrims, both Italian and foreign, who are looking for pieces that are often extraordinary. And there they find them. Now they can choose even more, because Pisa Orologeria presents two novelties. The first is its own high-end jewelry brand, Pisa Diamanti. The second novelty, however, concerns the opening of a large second floor.

The Pisa Diamanti collection now becomes a real high-end jewelry brand, born from the desire of Maristella and Chiara Pisa to express their values and vision in a line of jewels.

The jewels that Pisa Orologeria made without transforming the offer into a brand, are now connected by a strong name. What is defined as a touch of femininity to the universe of jewelry is a collection with deliberately essential frames to enhance what makes a truly precious jewel: diamonds. The collection presented includes tennis necklaces and bracelets, solitaires, earrings and pendants light points. Classic frames, first quality stones and a lancet-shaped griffe, embellished with a setting of diamonds, are the guidelines of the Milanese brand. There are also cufflinks, chevalier rings and even gold and diamond tennis bracelets for men. “Pisa Diamanti gives continuity to the values that have always characterized us according to our tradition: sobriety, elegance, attention to detail and constant research of quality”, comments Maristella Pisa, president of Pisa Orologeria. “Pisa Diamanti is the evolution of the relationship with our female clientele, to which we have always dedicated an eye to the watchmaking world”, adds Chiara Pisa, managing director.

Diamonds and high jewelery find a place on the second floor of the flagship store.

In addition to those of Pisa Diamanti, in the bright and velvety salon there is the best of six high-end jewelery brands. There is something for everyone: Boucheron, Chaumet, Chopard, de Grisogono, Messika and Tamara Comolli. In short, from the most classic high jewelry to the light-hearted, but always on the highest step of the podium. “It is a new point of contact with female customers, to whom we have always dedicated an eye to the watchmaking world”, continues Chiara Pisa. “A new adventure that, starting from September 2018, sees the second floor of the Flagship Store destined for the diamond universe, now renamed the Salone dei Jewels”.
The project was curated by Vittorio Carena Studio. The surface is organized with a large oval of over 100 square meters, which houses the brands, plus a satellite space dedicated to the Salotto de Grisogono. Circular desk and imperial metal cases and precious fabrics are surmounted by a glass and light installation and greeted by a large pastel-colored carpet. True luxury, but sober, very Milanese.

Anello solitario con diamante taglio a cuore

Anello con diamanti a aglio ovale, navette, pera

Anello solitario con diamante taglio a pera

Il salotto de Grisogono al secondo piano di Pisa Orologeria, a Milano

Chaumet wins with Fred Leighton

Published on April 20, 2018

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Collana-bracciale in oro bianco e diamanti di Chaumet

Fred Leighton in black and white at Sotheby’s auction: a Chaumet necklace wins the auction of collection ♦
Fred Leighton, in New York, has been an authority for over 40 years for anyone looking to buy or sell a rare piece of Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Retro or contemporary. But the founder, who disappeared in 2017, not only dealt with choosing buyers and sellers of exceptional pieces: he himself had collected pieces of all kinds. And Fred Leighton’s personal collection was auctioned at Sotheby’s in New York. The sale totaled 2.8 million on Wednesday 19 April. There were not only jewels, but also furniture and pieces of decorative art from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, with a representation of all kinds from the pieces of the Victorian era to art deco. The most appreciated, for example, was a Cartier table clock in gold, turquoise and diamonds ($ 275,000). And the jewels? The highlight of the day was a bracelet-necklace composition by Chaumet from 1930, with old cut diamonds, single and baguette, sold for $ 112,500. Good result also for a Marchak necklace of about 1950, composed of interweaving of gold threads with baguette diamonds and rubies carved with floral motifs, with ruby pearls and round and baguette diamonds. It was beaten for $ 100,000.
It should be noted, however, that not all the pieces have found a buyer. Among other things, pieces such as a Cartier necklace from 1945 with a citrine and diamonds, a Raymond Templier diamond necklace from the 1950s and a Cartier bow brooch from 1910 remained in the hammer. Federico Graglia

Anello con smeraldo e diamante a pera incastonato

Collana con fili d'oro intrecciati e rubini di Marchak — Collana con fili d’oro intrecciati e rubini di Marchak

Spilla clip di Cartier in oro bianco e diamanti

Collana-spilla di Cartier in oro, citrino e diamanti

Chaumet, here it’s the party

Published on July 7, 2017

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Anello Pastorale Anglaise, oro bianco, lacca giallo e oro, smeraldo a cuscino verde brillante di 11.74 carati, smeraldi e rubini, zaffiri e diamanti

Chaumet in a festival music: four magnificent high jewelery lines ♦ ︎
High jewelery is a feast for the eyes, though not for the wallet. So there is one of the historic Place Vendôme Maison (born in 1780) celebrating the double. It is called Chaumet est une fête its new collection of high jewelery. But it is a four-time party, how many are the ones in which the collection is subdivided. Since it is alluded to a great social evening, the times are those used by great music. Dance music with the Valses d’Hiver or syncopated with Rhapsodie Transantlantique as the Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin, respectful of the classic tradition with the Pastorale Anglaise (dedicated to the Glyndebourne Festival) or the world of the opera with Aria Passionata (inspired by La Scala Theater Milan).
The Pastorale, for example, explores reasons through the use of green color: obviously these are valuable emeralds of the Muzo, Colombia mines.

Complex jewelery masterpieces, delicate goldsmiths work and magnificent stones: it is enough to say that the Necklace of the Pastoral line costs about 2 million, while the average jewelry price is about 400,000 euros. Aria Passionata is, however, consistent with its name, a red suite of rubies, garnets, associated with pink gold and diamonds. The tenor and soprano tunes engaged in melodrama classics turn into bouquet-shaped pins (but not to be cast on stage as a performance tribute). Rhapsody in Blue uses white gold, diamonds, tanzanite, tourmaline, chrysoberyl: many different shades as you expect when listening to a music rhapsody. Finally, Valses d’Hiver is a dance around soft, refined, white gold, diamonds and pearls – light and turbulent as a step between stuccoes and the vaults of a frescoed salon. Giulia Netrese

Collier Pastorale Anglaise, oro bianco, lacca giallo e oro, grande smeraldo Muzo, rubini, zaffiri e diamanti

Orecchini Pastorale Anglaise, oro bianco, lacca giallo e oro, smeraldi, rubini, zaffiri e diamanti

Spilla Aria Passionata, oro e lacca rosa, insieme con un rhodolite ovale di 22.51 carati, 2 rubini cabochon di 5,55 carati, un granato ovale, baguette e rotondo, rubino baguette e diamanti taglio brillante

Orecchini Aria Passionata, oro e lacca rosa, rhodolite, rubini cabochon, granato, diamanti

Collier trasformabile Aria Passionata, lacca rosa e oro, 3 granati Rhodolite ovali di 16.28 carati, 14,25 carati e 10.96 carati, 3 rubini cabochon 6,25 carati, 4,89 carati e 3 15 carati, granato baguette rodolite, ovale e rotonda, rubini baguette, sfere di rubino, onice e diamanti

Collana Rhapsodie Transatlantique, in oro bianco e giallo, morganite cuscino, crisoberillo ovale, topazio imperiale, tormalina rosa, diamanti di diverso taglio, granati Umba

Anello Rhapsodye Atlantique, in oro bianco e giallo, impostato con uno zaffiro Padparadscha ovale da 10.11 carati di Ceylon, uno zaffiro viola ovale taglio di 7,37 carati, granati Umba e diamanti — Anello Rhapsodie Transatlantique, in oro bianco e giallo, impostato con uno zaffiro Padparadscha ovale da 10.11 carati di Ceylon, uno zaffiro viola ovale taglio di 7,37 carati, granati Umba e diamanti

La collezione Rhapsodie Transantlantique

Diadema Valses d'Hiver, in oro bianco, diamanti e perle — Diadema Valses d’Hiver, in oro bianco, diamanti e perle

Chaumet, spilla Valses d'Hiver, in oro bianco, diamanti e perle — Chaumet, spilla Valses d’Hiver, in oro bianco, diamanti e perle

Chaumet, colelzione Valses d'Hiver — Chaumet, colelzione Valses d’Hiver

Buccellati at top in Monte Carlo

Published on January 13, 2017

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Anello Dôme di Buccellati, con diamante taglio smeraldo

A Buccellati ring on top in the first auction 2017 of jewelery organized by Artcurial in Monte Carlo.
It’s scheduled in Monaco the first auction 2017 by Artcurial dedicated to jewels. As always it is organized at the Yacht Club de Monte-Carlo, January 19 to 21 and is dedicated to jewelry and watches. Among the items for sale are not lacking the jewels of the big names, such as Boucheron, Bulgari, Cartier, Chopard, Chaumet, Buccellati and Van Cleef & Arpels. Among the most remarkable pieces there are also jewelry made of gold and diamonds signed Suzanne Belperron, or a set of different jewelry including a yellow gold ring with an emerald-cut diamond, 15,40 carats by Buccellati. It is the top rod piece, with a evaluation of 240 to 260,000 euros: belonged to an unspecified royal family, which obviously needs to accomplish. Soon after, always in the estimates, is in the catalog a bracelet-watch in platinum and white gold with diamonds by Cartier. Quite impressive, it has a rating of 120-150.00 euros. Federico Graglia

Spilla a forma di farfalla con rubini e zaffiri, XIX secolo

Van Cleef & Arpels, clip Leone Ebouriffé

Van Cleef & Arpels, clip Ballerine, con oro e turchesi

Due bracciali di Cartier in oro, diamanti e perle

Cartier, bracciale in platino, oro grigio e diamanti

Charbonnière com diamanti, smeraldi e rubini — Collier con diamanti, smeraldi e rubini

The precious hours of Chaumet

Published on November 20, 2016

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Chaumet enriches Rondes de Nuit collection with a gold jewel-watch and diamond.
Chaumet, the French Maison on Olympus of the jewelery, a year ago launched its collection dedicated to the Empress Joséphine (we talked about here). Review of history: Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814), was the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I from 1796 to 1809. It was, therefore, Empress of the French from 1804 to 1809 and Queen of Italy from 1805 to 1809. But she was also an exceptional style woman and that’s why Chaumet has dedicated a collection of jewelry in white gold and diamonds, plus some colored gemstone. Now the collection, called Rondes de Nuit, is enriched with new pieces, including a jewel-watch that joins the models already present. It’s more a jewel that a watch, even if the dial hands work fine. The cuff that surrounds the wrist is made with the shape of a large chain, with diamond pavé. Among the others new pieces of fine jewelry, including a ring and earrings,are also added those who have already enjoyed a lot of success and a sigh among those who can not buy them. Margherita Donato

Anello con diamanti e zaffiri dedicato a Joséphine

Anello con diamante fancy intense yellow

Chaumet on the Milky Way

Published on April 29, 2016

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Orecchini Hortensia Via Lattea. Oro bianco, diamanti taglio brillante e marquise, tanzanite, zaffiri e calcedonio bianco

To Josephine, first Empress of the French and first wife of Napoleon, Chaumet was been already inspired last year (article here). In his large villa a few kilometers from Paris, the humid Malmaison, Josephine Beauharnais had withdrawn (she was not very happy, actually) while Napoleon was engaged in the Campaign of Egypt and, to pass the time, she cultivated roses and hydrangeas. For this Chaumet launched last year, the celebratory collection to remember this conjunction between the nobility and gardening. The renewed Hortensia Milky Way, instead of being declined on the pink shades, took as a model the hydrangeas with florescence that is more blue. Hortensia Milky Way is part of the Jardin collection. In this case, the flowers are made with a cascade of diamonds, the rays of the Milky Way, in addition tanzanite, sapphire and white chalcedony. A garden under the stars and the imperial auspices: the collection also has a lot of emotional references. Alessia Mongrando

Collezione Hortensia VIa Lattea. Spilla in oro bianco, diamanti, calcedonio bianco e zaffiri

Orecchini Hortensia Via Lattea. Oro bianco, diamanti taglio brillante e marquise, zaffiri e calcedonio bianco

Anello Hortensia Via Lattea. Oro bianco, diamanti taglio brillante e marquise, zaffiri e calcedonio bianco

Chaumet seen by Chaumet

Published on September 14, 2015

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It is baptized Musée éphémère, that means museum for a little time, but in this case the adjective means temporary because the brand new museum of Chaumet, inaugurated with an exhibition on the theme nature, ephemeral has nothing. Indeed, it can count on a solid tradition started in 1780 with the founder, Marie-Etienne Nitot, who was the official supplier to Napoleon and the jeweler of the European aristocracy. A route that for centuries has produced a collection of extraordinary pieces, 55000 archive drawings, 500,000 photographs taken from the end 800 to the present day and 500 prototypes of tiaras made of nickel silver, an alloy of copper, zinc and nickel. The idea is just to tell a story little known through exhibitions that connect the past with the present.

For six months

For example, for the next six months jewelry lovers will have a unique opportunity to find out, on the ground floor of an 18th century building in the Place Vendome, place icon of Parisian luxury, home of the brand that is part of the LVMH group, style unmistakable: Promenade Bucolique is the name of the exhibition on his view of nature, represented by particular reasons of leaves, flowers and insects that are found in the fields and woods. In short, nothing grew. Among the 15 historical pieces, accompanied by original drawings, photographs in black and white and works of art, there is also the famous tiara created in 1811 for the Empress Marie Louise of Austria, Napoleon’s young bride. A tiara from the neoclassical design, consisting of 150 items representing the ears of corn circle on a frame of silver with 60 carats of diamonds. The effect is very light, as if the ears of corn were moved by the wind, and is important because a model has been revised several times by the jeweler in tiaras made during the Belle Epoque and pins produced after World War II.

Next to the wheat, even taken with sheaves miniature, there are other reasons: hawthorn, blades of grass, leaves of acanthus and ivy, typical subject of Romanticism and expression of feelings such as loyalty and attachment, of course. The connection to the present day is a limited set of jewelry that takes the style 1811 in a modern way, where the contrast between the shiny gold and brushed what gives a hyper-realistic, but not only for the occasion were designed from the bees, the main symbol of the empire (Napoleonic) from the body made of colored stones with peridots, mandarin garnets, opals, tourmalines, topaz and yellow sapphires, and wings in white and yellow gold, a delicate diamond-studded tunnel. The exhibition, however, is also a pretext for Chaumet to devote himself again to a theme abandoned in the 70 ‘. In the video you can see his new creations.

Promenade Bucolique

Until 30 January 2016
The musée Ephémère de Chaumet, 12 place Vendôme, Paris
From Monday to Saturday from 10:30 to 19

Chaumet, la tiara disegnata per l'imperatrice Maria Luisa nel 1811 — Chaumet, la tiara disegnata per l’imperatrice Maria Luisa nel 1811

Chaumet, diadema con motivi a foglia del 1907

Chaumet, orecchini collezione Jardins in oro giallo, diamanti peridoto e franto mandarino

Chaumet, disegno del 1890 di un davanti de corsage con foglie di alloro e una farfalla

Chaumet, spilla a forma di spiga in oro giallo lucido e satinato con diamanti taglio brillante

Chaumet

Maison Reza’s fine jewelery arrives at Tefaf in New York ♦

A new collection of high jewelery signed Chaumet: innovation and tradition for an exceptional result ♦ ︎

The famous Chaumet tiaras, and other jewels, on display in the Principality of Monaco ♦

Chaumet’s Laurier Precious Jewelery collection enhances the Maison’s symbol, the laurel leaf ♦

The French brand reiterates it with the Laurier Precious Jewelery collection, which celebrates the plant that recurs in the Maison’s creations.

Animals and art of Africa becomes high jewelry with the new collection of Chaumet ♦ ︎

It is no surprise that in the collection there are also six brooches representing the classic African wild animals, such as giraffe, monkey and lion.

The Pisa Diamanti brand was born in Milan, and a new showroom in Pisa Orologeria hosts six big names of high jewelery ♦ ︎

The Pisa Diamanti collection now becomes a real high-end jewelry brand, born from the desire of Maristella and Chiara Pisa to express their values ​​and vision in a line of jewels.

Diamonds and high jewelery find a place on the second floor of the flagship store.

The Pisa Diamanti collection now becomes a real high-end jewelry brand, born from the desire of Maristella and Chiara Pisa to express their values and vision in a line of jewels.