FACETTE — Haute Joaillerie, Place Vendôme
Haute Joaillerie · 18 Place Vendôme · since 1906
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A 3.02-carat round brilliant, rendered live: fifty-seven facets bending the light behind it into fire.
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Light,
cut by hand.
3.00 ct · D · IF · Excellent
(01) — The diamond lab
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Pavilion at 40.8°: every ray comes back through the top.
(02) — Haute Joaillerie01 / 04
White diamonds set like a night sky over Vendôme: rivières, solitaires and a tiara that took 2,100 hours.
Discover Constellation →Colombian emeralds cut in steps like terraced gardens, framed in diamonds and yellow gold.
Discover Jardin d’Émeraude →Kashmir and Ceylon sapphires, from cornflower to midnight, in platinum as cold as a winter night.
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Discover Rouge Rubis →
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(04) — The muse · loupe ×3
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- 01Chandelier earring
- 02The collar, left
- 03Sapphire flowers
- 04The drops
01 / 04 · Mohs 10 · refractive index 2.42
Diamond
Carbon, crystallised 150 km down and three billion years ago.
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02 / 04 · Mohs 7.5 · refractive index 1.58
Emerald
Beryl coloured by chromium. Its garden of inclusions is its signature.
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03 / 04 · Mohs 9 · refractive index 1.77
Sapphire
Corundum coloured by iron and titanium, every blue from sky to ink.
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04 / 04 · Mohs 9 · refractive index 1.77
Ruby
Corundum coloured by chromium. Above 3 carats, rarer than diamond.
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(06) — The atelier, rue de la Paix
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From a gouache drawing to the setter’s initials: the time inside one high-jewellery necklace.
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(07) — Bridal
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(08) — 18 Place Vendôme · --:-- in Paris
Three salons.
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Gemstones · 26 Aug 2026Why we love the garden inside an emeraldJardin is the French word for the inclusions in an emerald. We think it is the most beautiful thing about the stone.