EMPRESS OF STYLE - Chaumet

EMPRESS OF STYLE

Inspiration
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The Joséphine collection is updated with       Equal parts refined and ahead of her time,
creations reflecting the many facets of the    Joséphine set herself apart through her
personality of the Empress, the first major    contemporary femininity. A woman of
client of Maison Chaumet. Joséphine Aigrette   strong character, she asserted herself with
and Joséphine Ronde d’Aigrettes jewellery is   elegance, sure in her choices and tastes.
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associated with a uniquely shaped watch,       A woman of the court and empress of
evoking an empress as fashion icon, while      fashion, she revealed her multitude of facets
Joséphine Valse Impériale and Joséphine        in response to the frenetic pace at which
Duo Éternel High Jewellery recalls the         she lived life.The art of the Empress’s style
splendour of festivities at court and the      and personality never cease to inspire the
legendary couple she formed there with         Joséphine collection, which transforms the
Napoléon. These new items can be mixed         tiara into a ring and magnifies the pear cut
and matched with the collection’s existing     of which she was particularly fond. Creations
creations to compose a unique style.           with the femininity of today, inspired by a
                                               resolutely modern woman of yesterday.

Figure
of style
JEWELLERY AND TIMEPIECE JEWELLERY

Jewellery
   RONDE D’AIGRETTES
            precious mix and match

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By playing with trends, the new Joséphine Ronde
d’Aigrettes collection offers pieces in which pear
cuts are assembled together.

Jewellery

            Whether asymmetrical compositions on earrings,
            bracelets and rings conceived for stacking,
            or graphic duos on pendants, rings and earrings,
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            Joséphine Ronde d’Aigrettes features rose or white
            gold, and diamonds either solo or paired with
            an aquamarine note.

Jewellery

            Creations to mix with Joséphine Aigrette rings,
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            interplays of colour and style.

Timepiece jewellery
               AIGRETTE
     the art of wearing a watch differently

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Continuing the tradition of time-telling avant-
garde jewels, the new Joséphine Aigrette-shaped
watch challenges the codes of watchmaking and
offers an original way of everyday wearing. This
creation is precious and refined like a jewel, with
its pavé or mirror-polished gold case, singular and
feminine in its pear shape. The bracelet wraps
the wrist in an unprecedented way, without
hindrance or buckle.

Timepiece jewellery

                      In white or rose gold, pavé or not, in leather
                      for the day, satin for the evening, and with
                      a white or black dial or entirely in pavé diamonds,
                      the Joséphine Aigrette jeweller y watch is an
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                      Reinterpreting the Maison’s historic art of trompe-
                      l’oeil, the pear motif appears on the index set
                      with a brilliant-cut diamond and adorns the dial
                      with its graphic facets.

in majesty
HIGH JEWELLERY

High Jewellery
       VALSE IMPÉRIALE
              lightness and grace

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Inspired by Joséphine’s sovereign allure, the
Joséphine Valse Impériale High Jewellery parure
evokes the pomp of imperial festivities. Tracing
an airy dance of diamonds, it pays tribute to the
ar t of lightness that has always been a hallmark
of the Maison’s creations.

High Jewellery

                 Radiant as central stones, pear-shaped diamonds
                 sweep with symmetrical curves, emphasising the
                 elevation of a tiara, spilling as earrings worn in
                 an ultra-contemporary manner, or hugging the
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                 neckline on a majestic necklace. Reflecting the
                 vir tuosity of the 12 Vendôme workshop, the
                 fils couteaux mounts seem to make the metal
                 disappear, letting the stones shine out.

High Jewellery

                              DUO ÉTERNEL
                                    graphic toi et moi

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                 C h a u m e t u nve i l s J o s é p h i n e D u o É t e r n e l ,
                 a contemporary revisiting of the traditional form
                 of the toi et moi ring, a perfect symbol of love.
                 In an echo of the engagement ring given by
                 Napoléon to the future Empress, this new High
                 Jeweller y collection perpetuates the Maison’s
                 prized tradition of sentimental jewellery. Offering
                 timeless pieces worn in a contemporar y way,
                 Joséphine Duo Éternel is distinguished by its
                 asymmetrical compositions.

High Jewellery
Rings feature gems arranged head-to-head,
but there are also torque necklaces and a bracelet,
whose refined line is accentuated by a gradient
of diamonds, earrings worn on either side
of the ear and, for the first time in the Joséphine
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collection, a brooch that can be worn by both
her and him. These light parures are available
as diamonds or diamonds and sapphires, echoing
the Chaumet blue and Joséphine’s historic
toi et moi ring.