This explosive riot of color and sparkle is the work of Boucheron. It’s daring, bold, exuberant, and fabulous.
In a world where there are necklaces like this, there is no excuse for red carpet events where we see nothing but white diamonds. NO EXCUSE. Imagine it with this striped ODLR, this vintage Balmain, this exuberent D&G, or this bold Reem Acra. Step up your game, celebrities.
This 14-inch necklace is 18 karat blackened gold set all over with circular-cut pink sapphires. It is embellished with a festooned layer of seed pearls and occasional brilliant-cut diamonds. Most spectacularly, this gorgeous necklace further suspends a fringe of drop-shaped pink tourmalines and cultured pearls measuring approximately 9.80 to 10.50mm.
This baby totals 25.00 carats of pink tourmalines, 18.00 carats of pink sapphires, and 4.20 carats of diamonds.
Look at it. It glows.
This necklace was listed in Sotheby’s April 2012 Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite sale. All images and info are thanks to Sotheby’s.
To dive right into the color: how luminous are these two gemstone rings? They look like they’re on fire from within. Both setting are platinum adorned with diamonds; one features an unenhanced cushion-cut yellow sapphire and the other, an orange sapphire.
This necklace is one of my favorites from this year’s Blue Book and (unsurprisingly) another piece that shows a strong Art Deco influence. The tassel of gloriously green tsavorites dangles from a platinum and diamond cap suspended from a platinum and diamond chain. I could not be more into this color.
Speaking of marvelous color…feast your eyes upon these earrings. They feature oval spessartites glowing within scrollwork of diamonds in platinum. I say infinite amounts of yes to these.
A quick jump back to cool colors for this fantastic bracelet. It’s composed of five rows of tanzanite beads, perfectly finished by a clasp of diamonds and milgrained platinum at the end.
This is the Shell necklace by Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co.. It’s made of 18ct gold and is adorned with cabochon rubellite. How fantastic is that detail? Exactly what I’d expect from a Schlumberger piece.
Last but not least, we have this bangle with spessartites, tsavorites, yellow sapphires, fancy sapphires and diamonds in 18ct white gold. I think it looks like Autumn leaves.