Stones & Society
Jewels
High jewelry, important new collections and historic jewels: design, materials, craftsmanship and significance.
Jewels
Serti Mystérieux: The Invisible Architecture of Van Cleef & Arpels
No visible metal, rails thinner than two-tenths of a millimetre, and a patent lineage reaching back to 1933. The Mystery Set is the rare technique that collectors now price like a gemstone.
Jewels
The Patiala Necklace: Cartier's Lost Masterwork and Its Honest Ghost
2,930 diamonds at 962.25 carats around a 234.69-carat De Beers diamond, then fifty years of silence. The 1928 Patiala necklace has a documented arc, and everything outside the archive is lore.