Although shrewd, he was purportedly infamous for ignoring sensible security measures. For context, the largest belonged to the British royal family. In 1952, Life Magazine reported that he owned the world’s second largest collection of historic jewels. Special photography above by Andrew Werner/AndrewWernerPhotography.Harry Winston owned many fine gems, often travelling across the world to acquire those on which he set his heart. *This post was created in partnership with our friends at Harry Winston.

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In December they will be back in the United States. In November the jewels travel to Shanghai. The one-of-kind jewels will be on tour at various Harry Winston boutiques internationally. See more of the 32 pieces in the New York Collection on. I know I would have sat down with the legend and used Marilyn Monroe’s line from her signature song Diamonds Are Girl’s Best Friend, “Talk to me Harry Winston, tell me all about it.” I feel like he would have waxed on even more poetically than he did about that diamond being like a beautiful day in June. Winston in his singular way would have described the jewelry. Looking at the New York Collection, it’s hard not to wonder how Mr. The pendant on the 718 Emerald Vitrine necklace reflects the silhouette of the vitrines at the Winston flagship. The exact number of diamonds in the jewel are 152 baguette, marquise, trapezoid and round brilliants weighing a total of 53.14 carats. The gold tone frames with graceful bows that sweep above the display cases are echoed in the jewel in diamonds. Winston’s favorite gem shape, inspired the 718 Vitrine Necklace set with a 16.63 carat emerald-cut Colombian emerald. The custom wall vitrines created in the outline of an emerald-cut, Mr. The gorgeous gems in the jewel include a 2.77 carat emerald-cut diamond center stone with 69 pear shaped sapphires weighing a total of 48.53 carats and 204 baguette and round brilliant diamonds weighing a total of 35.57 carats, set in platinum. The dramatic black and white marble marquetry covering the entryway provided a sort of blueprint to the graphically patterned 718 Marble Marquetry necklace. The asymmetrical design is composed of 244 pear-shaped, marquise and round brilliant diamonds weighting a total of 72.10 carats, set in platinum The grand chandelier that illuminates the space inspired the 718 Chandelier necklace. The 718 Marble Marquetry sapphire and diamond necklace echoes the graphic pattern on the floor of the flagship seen in the postcard and found in every Harry Winston boutique today. It is rendered in a pattern of emeralds, sapphires, diamonds and aquamarines. The Central Park Mosaics bracelet, for example, looks like a bird’s eye view of the gorgeous landscape that inspired Mr. Winston’s New York icons, not an exact figurative representation. The jewels in the The New York Collection follow the same pattern. Winston’s luxurious creation resembled a holly wreath without being too literal. The shape of the leaves and berries inspired his layout of marquise, pear and round diamonds and the flexible platinum setting that is virtually hidden under the stones. Winston looked at the holiday decoration hanging on his door and recognized it as the perfect analogy for a necklace.

Winston’s during the 1940s, when he conceived the holly wreath setting. The Winston design team and the master craftsmen who made The New York Collection used an approach similar to Mr. Kate Holmes wearing the City Lights necklace at the party in the Rainbow Room on September 20, 2018, celebrating the launch of The New York Collection by Harry Winston.

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