While the Queen possessed a world-class collection of diamonds, there were few jewels she wore more often during her 70 years on the throne than a matching pair of sky-blue aquamarine Boucheron clips.
famously wore colour so well, and while she possessed a world-class collection of diamonds, there were few jewels she wore more often during her 70 years on the throne than a matching pair of sky-blue aquamarine Boucheron clips.
The brooches were of sentimental value, having been a gift from the Queen’s father, George VI, on her 18th birthday, in 1944. They had passed into the Royal Collection after their original owner, the King’s younger brother, died in a military air crash two years earlier.Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images When Claire Choisne, Boucheron’s creative director, came across the clips in the archive, she was immediately struck by two things: their emotional resonance for the Queen, whom she considers a style icon, and their symmetrical design. “I love the strength and the purity of art deco but I also love how it’s balanced here by the baby blue of the aquamarine,” she says.
The result is Boucheron’s first collection inspired by a single jewel. Each piece began with the shape of the originals but was refined in detail and altered in function. Oval aquamarines become round, high cabochons framed by a flourish of deep blue lacquer on a dramatic cuff. A diamond and ruby brooch mimics the original in one half, the other half disappearing like a glitch in the matrix.
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