Chapter 3 | Jewels by Nature | High Jewellery

Jewels by Nature Chapter 3: Reviving

In the third chapter, three species treasured by Empress Joséphine celebrate resurgent nature, resurfacing at far ends of the earth or reappearing with the seasons. Captured from life, blue tits and dragonflies are portrayed by the High Jewellery in full flight or alighting on the parures.

Magnolia grandiflora

Contemplating the magnolia in all its profusion, this diamond parure offers a naturalistic take on the plant, portrayed as it blossoms.

A more pared-down version of the bloom adorns an impressive necklace punctuated by a 5.26-carat pear-shaped diamond set as a drop, a technical feat involving nearly 1,150 hours of meticulous craftsmanship.

Fairy iris

Appearing as though it may have escaped from a work by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Empress Joséphine’s botanical painter, this parure captures the delicacy of a wild iris animated by the breeze, and accented with poetic dragonflies.

The magical effect of pavé-set gems is appropriate to the species’ name. Five flowers delicately sculpted in gold, petal by petal, the result of 1,500 hours of meticulous work, rest on rivières of intertwined diamonds highlighting the pastel shades of blue, purple and pink Vietnamese spinels totalling 24.36 carats.

Dahlia

Infused with volume and movement, the parure conveys the majesty of the dahlia in gold and diamonds.

Adorned with five removable rosettes that can be worn in five different ways, the Maison’s signature tiara acts as a successor to the tiara created in the 1850s by Jean-Baptiste Fossin, with surprisingly realistic detachable pansy flowers. The largest bloom forms part of a necklace that took nearly 1,300 hours to make, while the other four motifs act as brooches or hair jewellery.

Continue your journey to the heart of naturalistic jewels

Chapter 1

Averlasting

Chapter 2

Averlasting

Ephemeral