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Two Jean Schlumberger Sixteen Stone rings, one in 18k yellow gold and platinum and one in platinum, round diamonds held by small crossed Xs, on a Tiffany Blue ground.
Image © Tiffany & Co.

Tiffany & Co. · 1959

Jean Schlumberger by Tiffany Sixteen Stone

Pairs of round diamonds held in place by small gold Xs, like cross-stitches, so the band reads as stones threaded together with metal.

From €5,300on the Tiffany & Co. site, October 2026

Introduced
1959
Designer
Jean Schlumberger
Idea
The knot and the link, the gold band
School
New York
Materials
yellow gold, platinum, diamond

Jean Schlumberger by Tiffany Sixteen Stone at Tiffany & Co.

The story

Jean Schlumberger, son of an Alsatian textile family, designed Sixteen Stone as a wedding ring in 1959, three years after he joined Tiffany. The Xs come from the needlework cross-stitch, a mark that joins, and they set the diamonds two by two. The motif has since spread to bracelets, pendants and earrings with varying stone counts, in platinum with or without 18k yellow gold.

The ladder

  1. Entry Sixteen Stone earrings, yellow gold, platinum and diamonds €5,300
  2. Top of line Sixteen Stone necklace, platinum and diamonds €165,000

Prices as published by Tiffany & Co. in euros, October 2026.

Lineage

  • Jeux de Liens pendant, medium model, rose gold and diamonds

    Answered by · 1977

    Liens, Chaumet (1977)

    Schlumberger stitched his diamonds in place with little gold Xs; Liens makes the crossed X the whole sign.

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