Jewels by Nature
Chapter 2: Ephemeral
The second chapter pays tribute to ephemeral nature. Short-lived blooms, such as those of the sword lily, carnation and sweetshrub, provide infinitely poetic spectacles. Like the savoir-faire the Maison is committed to protecting, this precious yet threatened slice of nature inspires delicate parures.
Carnation
Exceptionally draped in signature Chaumet blue, a hue in which no carnation naturally exists, this jewellery represents a highly poetic and contemporary distillation of the flower’s gracefulness.
The centrepiece of the parure is a sumptuous necklace offering multiple portés reminiscent of a bucolic meadow, its links each set with two sapphires. Designed in honour of the flower, the piece follows the body’s lines and movements to perfection, offering a sensual fluidity.
Set as a drop, an exceptional 36.44-carat Ceylon sapphire, which can be detached to be worn alone on a diamond-set chain, provides a very intense and deep blue.
Sword Lily
Dazzling with ravishing Mozambique rubies, the sword lily is sublimated by a parure whose diamond vines echo the entwined manner in which Chaumet often represents nature.
This creation is the result of 1,500 hours of work.
On a sumptuous necklace involving over 1,500 hours of work, three flowers, freed from their stems, rest along the neckline. Enhanced by the fil couteau technique, which seems to almost make the metal disappear, seven remarkable Mozambique rubies totalling 14.03 carats look like they’re levitating.
Sweetshrub
In keeping with the Maison’s pearl tradition, the parure combines exceptional pearls, sapphires and spinels, producing a pink dégradé akin to a watercolour.
From the papal tiara of Pope Pius VII, set with 2,990 pearls, to the Sweetshrub necklace offering multiple portés, Chaumet distinguishes itself by the creativity of its pearl jewellery.
Nearly 1,000 hours are needed to bring this necklace to life, its 10 mm-diameter freshwater pearls possessing a magnificent pink lustre. In its centre blooms a flower that can be worn as a brooch, hosting an exceptional gem at its heart: a 44.23-carat cushion-cut spinel of a deep pink hue shot through with a hint of violet.
Bee
Chaumet also highlights the bee, without which nature could not exist. In Jewels by Nature, it can be envisioned passing from flower to flower and from parure to parure, enacting its essential role.
Foraging for nectar among colourful precious stones, the bee is celebrated in seven brooches featuring the honeycomb motif.
JEWELS BY NATURE
Chapter 3: Reviving
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Chapter 1: Everlasting
Celebrating an inextinguishable nature, uniting wild and hardy species with cultivated plants.
- Chapter 2: Ephemeral
Exploring an ephemeral nature rich with evocations, in which flowers and butterflies are captured in a fleeting moment.
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Chapter 3: Reviving
Paying homage to a nature reborn, capable of endlessly regenerating itself. Dragonflies and blue tits take flight among plants beloved by Empress Josephine.
