Tokyo · Tokyo, since 1893
MIKIMOTO
The house that invented the cultured pearl still builds nearly every jewel around a round white Akoya of even lustre. Its hand is soft and figurative: ribbons, petals and bows of white gold and diamonds, each one tied around a pearl.
The conversation
Answered by other houses
M/G TASAKI, TASAKI after Akoya Cultured Pearl Strand
M/G TASAKI slices the round pearl open, so the banded inside that the perfect strand hides becomes the ornament.
balance, TASAKI after Akoya Cultured Pearl Strand
Balance takes the matched Akoya of the strand and lines them up on a straight gold bar, level as a spirit gauge.
danger, TASAKI after Akoya Cultured Pearl Strand
Danger gives the most polite gem in the case fangs, horns and claws of gold.
Inside the house
Jeux de Rubans after Akoya Cultured Pearl Strand
Mikimoto ties ribbons of pavé behind a single Akoya, as if the pearl had just been wrapped as a present.
Les Pétales Place Vendôme after Akoya Cultured Pearl Strand
Cupped petals of pavé drift against a round pearl, as if blown across the Place Vendôme.