https://stonesandsociety.com/ The latest houses stories from Stones & Society. en https://stonesandsociety.com/houses/boucheron-in-focus-christies-new-york-2026/ https://stonesandsociety.com/houses/boucheron-in-focus-christies-new-york-2026/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0700 At Christie's Rockefeller Center galleries until 18 October, Boucheron sets out its whole history as an argument: more than 80 creations from 1858 to today, arranged not by year but by the four ideas that have always organised the maison, couture, nature, architecture and innovation. https://stonesandsociety.com/houses/audemars-piguet-royal-oak-joaillerie/ https://stonesandsociety.com/houses/audemars-piguet-royal-oak-joaillerie/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Fifty-four years after Gérald Genta's icon made steel precious, Audemars Piguet has taken the Royal Oak's bracelet off the wrist and rebuilt it as high jewellery: nineteen pieces, three lines, no watch in sight. https://stonesandsociety.com/houses/dior-diorissima-chapter-two/ https://stonesandsociety.com/houses/dior-diorissima-chapter-two/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0700 The second chapter of Dior's 141-piece high jewellery collection has arrived, closing Victoire de Castellane's triptych of gardens, oceans and constellations. Behind the collage of doublets and lacquer sits a forgotten story: Christian Dior the art dealer. https://stonesandsociety.com/houses/mikimoto-cultured-pearl/ https://stonesandsociety.com/houses/mikimoto-cultured-pearl/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700 In 1893 Kokichi Mikimoto produced the first cultured pearls; by 1905 he had round ones. The GIA's account of the Japanese cultured pearl is the story of how a natural accident became an industry. https://stonesandsociety.com/houses/cartier-visual-language-rue-de-la-paix/ https://stonesandsociety.com/houses/cartier-visual-language-rue-de-la-paix/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Platinum construction, Art Deco geometry, Tutti Frutti, the panther. Cartier's design vocabulary survived three generations of a family and a corporate handover, largely because the house institutionalized its own archive.