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The new Torsade de Chaumet High Jewellery collection -THE ART OF MOVEMENT

The new Torsade de Chaumet High Jewellery collection –THE ART OF MOVEMENT

Like a series of snapshots, the new Torsade de Chaumet High Jewellery collection achieves the feat of suspending motion in gold and gemstones. Inspired by the Maison’s long heritage and its naturalistic creations, this collection plays with endless possibilities offered by a dynamic twist.

DISCOVER THE COLLECTION

The first jeweller to open on the legendary Place Vendôme in 1812, Chaumet pays tribute to the origins of the Maison with the Torsade de Chaumet collection. Inspired by the movement of the frieze wrapping the Vendôme column, these creations offer a modern and fresh revisiting of the twist – “torsade” in French – in an ode to movement and life.

INTERLACING DIAMONDS

Whether tightly coiled or loose, winding gracefully or flowing freely, these versatile twists achieve the prowess of freezing the vivacity of a movement in gold and diamond.

From the classic brilliant-cut to the rose-cut, or even the ascher-cut reimagined as a nod to Place Vendôme, these virtuoso creations are true sculptures of light enhanced by multiple sizes of diamonds in an interplay of radiance and relief.

Chaumet’s signature jewel, the Torsade de Chaumet tiara encapsulates the grace of interlacing twists dancing freely around a line of diamonds. A creation which appears to defy gravity and celebrates 200 years of mastery of Chaumet’s High Jewellery atelier.

LIGHT AND COLOURS

Ceylon sapphires, Mozambique rubies, Colombian emeralds… Like a painter, Chaumet punctuates torsades of light with precious touches of colour.

Sources of emotion, the stones have been individually selected for their extraordinary aura. Whether they honour the Chaumet blue or a passionate red, these creations convey the Maison’s emblematic art of colour with grandeur.

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Tiara, aigrette or bodice ornament, this pair of wings evokes the independence and strength of character of its prestigious owner, the billionaire Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Created in 1910, adorned with translucent enamel and set with 1,274 diamonds, this transformable jewel reinterprets the wings of the Valkyries, inspired by Wagner operas.

As early as 1906, Maison Chaumet was offering a resolutely modern tiara style featuring a radiant sun motif. In 1914, Princess Yusupova chose this fashionable style for her daughter-in-law and niece of the Tsar, the legendarily beautiful Grand Duchess Irina of Russia. Hidden during the Revolution of 1917, the sunburst tiara was lost forever.

For her wedding to Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma celebrated in 1919, Hedwige de La Rochefoucauld-Doudeauville was gifted this fuchsias tiara. Now part of the Maison’s heritage collection, the fuchsias tiara remains one of Chaumet most iconic creations.

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OUR MAISON

The history of Chaumet has been entwined with the History of France ever since its founding in 1780, in Paris. Indeed, the Maison very quickly became the official jeweller to Empress Josephine. The High Jewellery savoir-faire of the Maison has been passed down through generations of jewellers for almost 240 years. Crafted at the very heart of the place Vendôme, the jewellery and watchmaking creations reflect these exceptional skills and pay tribute to the Parisian style.