TIFFANY & CO CELEBRATES – Metropolitan Magazine

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n the 1960s. Celebrating beauty, glamour and taste throughout all of his unabashedly hard chic designs, many of which were dissimilarly audacious yet always baring fanciful details, what Schlumberger proved to be most powerful among his collections and remains to pique interest with aristocrats today, is his chromatic display of the natural world, bringing form to lush botanicals, underwater fauna and sea animals that were initially inspired by his time spent at his home on the French Caribbean Island of Guadalupe.

It was here, inside his reimagined oasis that was detailed with naturalistic themes, that Schlumberger imagined some of his most illustrious pieces, oftentimes escaping his abodes to draw influence from the environment, striking an affinity for what nature’s beauty can unexpectedly be transformed into. According to Tiffany & Co., Schlumberger’s iconic Oiseau de Paradis clip, which is a mythical bird that glows with the kaleidoscopic colors of yellow beryl, amethysts, emeralds and sapphires, was one of the designers many creations that was influenced by his leisurely discoveries on the island. It too is an example, reflecting his innate ability to find something hidden in the exotism of the outdoors and inject it with an imaginative and always animative spirit. These decadently jovial creations, like the Oiseau de Paradis clip and others, including the Jellyfish brooch that was motivated by an anecdote of his friend who

was stung by a jellyfish while on vacation, enriched Tiffany & Co. with whimsy and wrote a new manifesto for the brand that was unconventionally infused with wit and curiosity. 

Even the rare gemstones that he used represented provocative scenes of nature, from abundant verdant landscapes manifested through rare Colombian emeralds to azure blue seas and electric color swatches of underwater fauna realized with aquamarines, tsavorites and sapphires. In addition, even many of the sapphires chosen, baring hues of yellow and orange, captured the sun-lamped skies above.

This season, synonymous with Schlumberger’s mesmerizing statements, Tiffany & Co. is honoring the virtuous designer with a collection of bejeweled wonders that were illustriously conceptualized by him and his drawings, including the intricately fashioned Floral Leaves Clip, Ladybug Pendant and Peapod Brooch, each which are reminiscent of the designer’s fascination with the natural world and his time in Guadalupe. Coined Tiffany & Co.’s 2021 Blue Book Collection, Colors of Nature, Palm Beach bon vivants can now seek the beauty of nature in its purest form, as seen through Schlumberger’s eyes, transformed into diamonds, colored gemstones and rock crystal. 

Here, four themes are showcased, Earth, Land, Sea and Sky, along with 70 creations that elevate the purpose of nature as it seems to be, while also bringing it a dose of avant-garde that suggests the imaginable become attainable. Painted in a technicolor symphony, the jewels are playful and majestic, while organized in precision
and conjuring Schlumberger’s above all willingness to take risks and turn them into elements of the extraordinary

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