Classics of tomorrow

Boucheron celebrates nature with expertise, creativity and innovation.

BOUCHERON is celebrating its 160th anniversary with a spectacular high-jewellery collection combining expertise, creativity and innovation. This audacious line revisits the jeweller's favorite theme – nature – while setting the tone for the classics of tomorrow.

The French jewellery house’s latest high-jewellery collection, Nature Triomphante features several exceptional pieces, but its Fleurs Eternelles are particularly surprising.

These nine unique flower-rings are made using real flower petals thanks to an innovative and unprecedented technique in the world of high jewellery.

Although Boucheron doesn't give much away about the secret process used to make these floral creations, they say that the Fleurs Eternelles are made in collaboration with an “artist-petalist”. Petals are individually scanned to capture their volumes and finest details, then each petal is “stabilised without pigments or chemicals”.

Eternal nature

The result is a veritable ode to nature, where petals from peonies, anemones, hydrangeas and roses sit alongside precious stones like padparadscha sapphire, spessartite garnet, indicolite tourmaline and jonquil diamond. Highlights include the Anemone Meron Bordeaux ring, featuring a 5.99carat purple sapphire and paved with yellow and blue sapphires.

Based on the same principles of scanning and capturing intricate details, some of Boucheron's other new high-jewellery creations capture a similarly surprising realism.

The Lierre Givre necklace, made from titanium and cacholong, reproduces the intricate details of ivy branches, while the Nuage de Fleurs necklace matches hydrangea petals with mother of pearl, diamonds and a 42.96-carat cushion pink tourmaline.

With this Nature Triomphante anniversary collection, Boucheron celebrates its heritage and traditional expertise while also looking to the future with innovative new methods and fresh creative vision.

— Photos: AFP Lierre Givre necklace, set with cacholong and paved with diamonds, on titanium. Nuage de Fleurs necklace, set with a 42.96carat cushion pink tourmaline and motherof-pearl, paved with diamonds, on pink gold.

Fleur Eternelle ring with natural petals, set with a bouquet of jonquil diamonds on titanium. Fleur Eterenelle ring with natural petals, set with a 4.16-carat oval padparadscha sapphire, paved with black spinels, purple and yellow sapphires, on...