Elite Traveler March-April 2017

INSPIRE TOP JEWELRY

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elite traveler MAR/APR 2017

The pinnacle of the jewelry world, high jewelry features a house’s most exceptional stones and showcases its creativity and technical advances in craftsmanship. Each piece is special and rare, most never recreated. Some pieces, like the Hope Diamond seen here, become world-famous. Some are purchased in secret and never seen by the public. Read on for our selection of jewelry’s most famous names and our pick of the best new high jewelers. TOP HIGH-JEWELRY HOUSES

by Kristen Shirley

Photo courtesy of Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History