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From the Archive · The Object LessonAnatomy of a Maharaja Necklace
The great court necklaces of India were not jewellery but engineering — transformable, hierarchical, built to outrank rooms.…
From the Archive · The Long ViewThe Rivière: Three Centuries on a Single Thread
It is the simplest idea in jewellery — matched diamonds in a single graduated line — and it…
From the Archive · An American OriginalThe Bracelet That Stopped the US Open
A clasp failed on a Flushing Meadows hardcourt, a champion refused to play on without her diamonds, and…
From the Archive · ProvenanceA Short History of the Engagement Ring
Five and a half centuries ago an Austrian archduke set a fashion no empire has managed to end.…
From the ArchiveThe Patiala Commission, a Century On
In 1928 a maharaja handed the great Parisian maison a brief with no ceiling. What came back redefined…
From the ArchiveThe Necklace That Bought a Revolution
Louis XV commissioned diamonds without limit. The bill arrived a generation later, at the guillotine. A history of…
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