Chapter 2 | Jewels by Nature | High Jewellery

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, the parure represent a highly poetic contemporary distillation of the flower’s gracefulness.

This creation is the result of 1,500 hours of work.

The centrepiece of the set is a sumptuous transformable necklace suggesting a bucolic meadow, each link set with two sapphires.

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.

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 Pope Pius VII’s tiara set with 2,990 pearls to the transformable Arbre aux anémones necklace, Chaumet distinguishes itself by the creativity of its pearl jewellery. Nearly 1,000 hours are needed to bring this necklace to life, revealing 10mm-diameter freshwater pearls possess 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, extending to the claws.

Continue your journey to the heart of naturalistic jewels

Chapter 1

Everlasting

Chapter 3

Everlasting

Reviving