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Joséphine Aigrette pendant, rose gold, pearls and diamonds
Image © Chaumet

Chaumet · 2010

Joséphine

A diadem shrunk to the finger: a pear-cut stone rising from scrolled arcs, the way an aigrette rises from a tiara.

Introduced
2010 — Made for the house's 230th anniversary.
Designer
Lionel Giraud
Idea
The single stone
School
Place Vendôme
Materials
white gold, rose gold, yellow gold, diamond, pearl, quartz, aquamarine
Moves
stacks

Joséphine at Chaumet

The story

For its 230th anniversary in 2010, Chaumet turned two centuries of diadems into some thirty rings named for Empress Joséphine, its most famous early client. Lionel Giraud, then vice-president of creation, spent two and a half years on the idea, and one ring went through 25 prototypes before the scaled-down crown stopped looking like a toy. Aigrette, bandeau and stacking versions followed.

Lineage

  • Hortensia

    Answered by · 2013

    Hortensia, Chaumet (2013)

    Three years after the Joséphine rings, Chaumet turned from the empress's diadems to her gardens at Malmaison and gathered hydrangea florets into posies.

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