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 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.
High Jewellery 2026
A Journey Through Nature
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Chapter 1: Everlasting
Celebrating an inextinguishable nature, uniting wild and hardy species with cultivated plants.
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Chapter 2: Ephemeral
Exploring an ephemeral nature rich with evocations, in which flowers and butterflies are captured in a fleeting moment.
- 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.
