A CELEBRATION OF ARTISANAL SKILLS WITH RARE BEAUTY

The collection continues the evolutionof the House itself, with artistic and technically ambitious designs that celebrate artisanal skills as well as the rare beauty of the raw materials. The Prelude set showcases an array of expert goldsmithing and diamond-setting techniques, including serti neige(snow setting), fil couteau (knife-edge) and perlage (gold beading).

Spring, summer, autumn and winter collide, with each season represented through different design signatures, coloured metals, diamonds and settings. The collection combines white, yellow and rose gold with white, brown and fancy-coloured diamonds, selected to evoke the hues of each season.

Nature’s metamorphic power is mirrored by an element of transformability in four of the nine pieces. A majestic transformable necklace features four diamond strands – one for each season – strung between two removeable clasps.

Bead-set white diamonds and star-set yellow diamonds are joined by fil couteau to mimic the fledgling buds of spring;a twisted rope of diamond-set yellow gold evokes rippleson summer sand; brown diamonds set in rosegold triangles conjure autumn’s russet leaves; and white gold serti neige represents the glacial beauty of winter.In a contemporary ear cuff, each diamond strand is finished with a coloured-titanium chrysalis, hinting at the beginnings of nature’s most magnificent metamorphosis.

The chrysalises can be removed and worn on a charm bracelet. Elsewhere, the four strands form a ring jacket for a 3.06 carat D-Flawless diamond solitaire from the De Beers Natural Works of Art collection, which canbe interchanged with a pavé-set diamond ring. Another necklace features a detachable pearshaped clip which can be worn as a brooch.