Tiffany in Celebrating the 2009 Blue Book Collection
Diamonds are a natural for scenes of New York at its black-tie best??and for Tiffany, the world??s diamond authority. Among the elite gems were a colorless and internally flawless diamond ring weighing in at 20 carats and $6,500,000; stacks of Tiffany Celebration rings, beautifully matched for color and clarity; fancy-colored diamond rings; delicate diamond butterflies inspired by designs from the Tiffany 1837 lock ring . Archives; chandelier earrings in sweeping waterfalls and elegant orbs; rose-cut diamonds in sheer, feminine designs; and sparkling pendants in the Art Deco style.
Tiffany??s jewelers in New York and Paris recreated a number of Schlumberger designs for Blue Book 2009, including the Fleurage bracelet of fancy-colored sapphires and diamonds, Leaves necklace with beautifully matched green tourmalines, and Dahlia bracelet bursting with yellow sapphires. This fanciful harvest is augmented by legendary designer Louis Comfort Tiffany, whose Art Nouveau-style stained glass and jewelry inspire a peacock necklace with a 15.80 carat tanzanite and brooch with plumage of sapphires, tourmalines and diamonds.
The collection invites a closer look at the precision of Tiffany??s custom-designed settings and time-honored jewelry techniques, including the enameling in Indian-inspired diamond earrings. This attention to detail unites the Blue Book Collection in a heritage of craftsmanship that goes beyond the expert setting of stones. In the magical world of Tiffany design, pink sapphires turn into cherry blossoms and diamonds are ??spun?? into lace; cameos are carved into flowers; and turquoise is carved into a charm depicting the famous Tiffany Blue Box®, the ultimate symbol of luxury that wraps the most extraordinary jewels of all.
