Seen at Paris: The Triumph of Color

Going beyond the intrinsic value of the stone to tell stories and express cultures and creative visions, Chaumet continues its dialogue with the botanical world through A Journey Through Nature. One piece that particularly stands out is Vanilla Flower, an asymmetrical necklace built around a 10.71-carat D-color, Flawless, Type IIa diamond, featuring orchid blossoms that unfold across the neckline in a three-dimensional composition. It took over 1,350 hours of craftsmanship to make. However, Tattoo, one of the key pieces in Human Being, Boucheron’s new Carte Blanche collection, took 3,200 hours to create. At its center lies a 1.74-carat troïdia-cut diamond surrounded by over 580 carats of smoky quartz. Roses, poppies, snakes, butterflies and cicadas emerge from the stone like tattoos etched onto the skin, brought to life through the ancient art of glyptics. With Serenissima, Buccellati pays homage to Venice at its most authentic. Gold and diamonds reinterpret the lightness of Burano lace and the decorative opulence of the Republic, reaffirming the company’s masterful craftsmanship. Meanwhile, De Beers has revamped Talisman, the collection that combines rough and polished diamonds. New additions include a striking gold cuff featuring approximately 11 carats of diamonds and crafted using the poinçon technique, which shapes the metal around the stones without using prongs. Art is the starting point for Damiani’s Arte Maestra collection. Impetuosa, inspired by Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa, recreates the movement of water using 731 blue and light blue sapphires, Paraíba tourmalines and diamonds, while Pentagramma translates Kandinsky’s abstract art into a composition of thirteen colored fancy diamonds. Color takes center stage in Piaget’s Colours of Extraleganza collection. A highlight of the line is the Blue Illusions necklace featuring an 8.52-carat Madagascar sapphire, a 3.30-carat Paraíba tourmaline and a 13.98-carat black opal, all set within a geometric structure designed to amplify the light. Pomellato also celebrates color with Visionary Colors, showcasing a semi-rigid choker adorned with 21 pear-cut Paraíba tourmalines, totaling over 20 carats, arranged using the serti libre technique. Last but not least is Tiffany & Co.’s Legendary Bird: The Sapphire Edition, a unique piece that renews the Bird on a Rock myth through two exceptionally rare, 34.48 and 6.04-carat, untreated oval sapphires from Sri Lanka surrounded by black opals, mother-of-pearl, diamonds and rubies in a spectacular three-dimensional composition.