Yesterday, French luxurious home Van Cleef & Arpels opened their new exhibition in Singapore devoted to the king of valuable stones: the ruby. Held in collaboration with L’Ecole College of Jewellery Arts, the fiery stone takes satisfaction of place in Les Jardins Secret, the maison’s “secret” gallery inside the iconic Raffles Lodge Singapore.
Lengthy prized in numerous cultures all through historical past for his or her color and rarity, the exhibition delves into its historical past and origins—beginning with some distinctive ruby roughs sourced from numerous places world wide, together with Myanmar, Afghanistan, Greenland. It was fascinating, to say the least, to see how pure rubies fashioned on their mom rock, the assorted shapes that rubies might develop into naturally, and their vary of pure colors.
To enhance the pure rubies, Van Cleef & Arpels has drawn on their patrimonial assortment to showcase the ingenious ways in which they’ve used the ruby–in some distinctive excessive jewelry items, no much less. Among the many most beautiful items on show are a transformable clip in unfold within the form of a fan from 1936, and an equally beautiful necklace from 1937; and a private spotlight for me was seeing the majestic Cadeau Imperial excessive jewelry necklace, composed of lustrous pearls and that includes a central diamond framed by rubies set in the home’s signature Thriller Set.
Accompanying these marvellous items are photomicrographs by gemologist Billie Hughes, inventive, summary close-ups of the valuable stone, displaying off its intense myriad colors, its pure rutile silk formations (naturally-occurring inclusions within the stone with usually geometric shapes) and its stunning aspects that reveal themselves below the microscope.
What’s extra: You may even channel your internal artist and take a look at your hand at photomicrography on an artificial ruby at a station inside the exhibition. The memento you’re going to get to maintain? A personalised photomicrograph you could deliver residence with you.
The exhibition is open to the general public from 29 July at Les Jardins Secrets and techniques by Van Cleef & Arpels at Raffles Lodge. Reserve your slot prematurely right here.
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