Joséphine by Chaumet: a drop for heritage
The diadem, the aigrette, and the diamond drop. From these three adornments beloved by Empress Joséphine, Chaumet has drawn the grammar of the collection that bears her name. A diadem that leaves the forehead to crown the finger, an aigrette reduced to its V-line, a pear in majesty... the house unveils this season a new chapter of one of its most emblematic lines.
The aigrette—this ornament of fine feathers that Joseph Chaumet made a house specialty during the Belle Époque as a light alternative to the diadem—continues to dictate the V silhouette of Joséphine jewelry. It gives structure to a high jewelry set, whose openwork bracelet consists of thin bands paved with diamonds that intertwine to gracefully encircle the wrist. White gold earrings continue the narrative with brilliant-cut diamonds encircled in trompe-l'oeil , echoing the pears of the diadem with fuchsias known as "Bourbon-Parma", created by Joseph Chaumet in 1919, with its nine pear-cut diamonds seeming to float in zero gravity. /public-objects/e4d250b7-b6ec-4aa6-8959-3cb7f504253e-089cca11-e911-45d8-a055-b2c0a1c90cc8-26-JSP-S-ED-MO-AIG-MIX-5-CMJN-JPEG-300dpi-4x5.webp Image sélectionnée The design also features a colored stone on the Triomphe ring and its pear-cut sapphire, thus bringing together the drop and the blue, two signatures of the house. The rest of the creations play with asymmetry and invite stacking. The Joséphine watch now marries rose gold and steel around a white dial set with diamonds and faceted in pear shape; the eponymous ring is dressed in rose gold, with a pear-cut diamond of 0.50 carats at its center; pendants and earrings gain versions where mirror-polished gold beads respond to Akoya pearls, delicately contrasting with the diamond paving. All these variations are thoughtfully designed for the Joséphines of today.