Simply Abu Dhabi XXIX

CHAUMET 1 9 2 S I M P LY A B U DH A B I I conic jewellery Maison Chaumet christened its latest high jewellery collection “Les Mondes de Chaumet.” Presented in January during Paris haute couture week, the collection will also journey around the world with two other stops that we will discover first in June and then in July. So, the entire collection’s presentation will be divided into three different moments: This first part of the collection is called “Promenades Imperiales” and it’s a tribute to Imperial Russia, Siberia, the snow and the sky of the immense steppe. To make this possible, the Maison used white pure diamonds, blue Ceylon sapphires and Padparadscha sapphires from Ceylon and Madagascar. The skilful hands of Chaumet’s artisans created an invisible setting with lace-like motifs that recall snowflakes and traditional Russian decorations. The reason why they used only these two precious stones is that the Ceylon sapphire recalled the vast beauty of the Siberian horizon, while the Padparadcha sapphires evokes the infinite and bright colours of the skies. The most precious piece of the collection is a transformable necklace in white and pink gold, set with a pear-shaped “sunset colour” Padparadscha sapphire weighing 16.31 carats from Ceylon, a cabochon-cut Padparadscha sapphire weighing 9.03 carats, also from Ceylon, an oval-cut D VVS1 diamond weighing 1.13 carats, a brilliant-cut DVVS2 diamond weighing 0.45 carats, and marquise and brilliant-cut diamonds. Exquisite and perfect to wear on a suit are two brooches – the first in white gold, set with a cushion-cut sapphire weighing 2.45 carats and the second featuring a Madagascar Padparadscha weighing 1.92 carats.