Chaumet: What’s New in the Jewellery House’s Permanent Collection?
For centuries the Chaumet jewellery house has stayed true to its naturalistic traditions. To this day, the house continues to find inspiration in the world of flora and fauna – a fact which is reflected in both their high art jewellery as well as their permanent collections. In this vein, last month Chaumet released a number of stunning new pieces in the form of brooches and cocktail rings, as well as a number of additions to the ‘Bee My Love’, ‘Attrape-Moi’ and ‘Les Espiegleries de Chaumet’ collections.
The ‘Bee My Love’ collection – dedicated to the symbol of immortality and the victory of Napoleon Bonaparte – was presented for the very first time in 2011. The jewellery included in this collection looks truly regal, and 2019’s additions – which take the form of a series of cocktail rings – very much succeed in picking up where the collection left off.
Chaumet 'Bee My Love' rings with yellow sapphire, morganite and amethyst all accented with diamonds in rose gold
Each ‘Bee My Love’ ring is made of white or rose gold, and embellished with precious stones of a variety of rich shades. Among the stones one is able to find sapphire, aquamarine, morganite, as well as green and pink tourmalines, amethysts and rhodolite garnets. All of them are faceted in the shape of an oval, and placed at the very heart of the ring’s diamond studded flower adornment. One cannot help but feel that, at any moment, a swarm of bees might fly down in search of nectar. The ring itself is composed of a stunning pattern of tessellating hexagons, imitating the bees’ honeycomb. These hexagons have, since the debut of ‘Bee My Love,’ formed the collection’s main decorative motif.
For ladies who are more concerned with punctuality, Chaumet offers ‘Bee My Love’ watches in three different colours. The watch bracelet is made up of links that take the form of a honeycomb, thanks to which the strap is able to effortlessly bend around the wearer’s wrist, while a host of diligent striped bees adorn the rim of the dial.
Chaumet 'Bee My Love' watches with diamonds in rose, yellow, white gold and stainless steel
Brooches represent an entirely new addition to the collection, which until now had only been very rarely released by Chaumet, and had largely been confined to the brand’s high art collections. The ‘Les Espiègleries de Chaumet’ is a collection inspired by entirely ordinary garden objects and habitants, and is presented in a playful and amusing manner (something I’ve always enjoyed:) diamonds are loaded onto garden shovels, a trickle of water flows from a watering can, flowers spring out of a pair of ordinary rubber boots, while a small but very lively chicken confronts an enormous scarecrow!
It should be noted that there is also a place in this collection for more ‘serious’ pieces. First of all, there is a rose gold brooch that takes the shape of ears of wheat that echo the famous tiara much loved by Napoleon’s wife Josephine, itself depicting a rich harvest of wheat sheaf. On top of this, I found my eye drawn to the ‘Attrape-Moi’ brooch in the form of a bee. The new variations of this model are made in white and blue, with diamonds and sapphires – in addition to which there are also a number of monochrome versions. There is also one other magnificent new piece, that depicts a precious carnation flower. The work is entitled ‘Broche Œillet’, and it is fully embellished with a magnificent array of diamonds.
New pieces from the collection are surprisingly light, and do justice to the joyfulness of summer. I hope that you find yourself – as I do – enamoured by this mood!
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Katerina Perez With more than 12 years’ experience in the jewellery sector, Katerina’s expert knowledge spans everything from retail sales and management to content creation, including brand building, jewellery writing and styling. Born and raised in St Petersburg, Katerina’s favourite hobby as a child was playing with the treasures in her grandmother's jewellery box, inspiring a lifelong love of jewellery from a very early age. She spent five years in St Petersburg University of Culture and Arts studying not journalism but business studies and languages, and her writing skills have developed as her passion for her favourite subject – jewellery – has grown. This is why her writing comes straight from the heart rather than the pages of a book. Daughter of an entrepreneur mother, Katerina exchanged her retail management job for jewellery writing in 2013 and hasn’t looked back since.
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