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| Gems & Jewelry |
Tomorrow's Classics
Jill Newman
08/02/2004
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Taffin de Givenchy has managed to keep
his business small despite numerous offers to expand. The 40-year-old
French-born artisan, who is the nephew of the famed fashion designer, was head
of the fine jewelry department at Christie’s West Coast offices before moving to
New York to design for private clients. Although he is far more approachable and
amiable than Rosenthal, he also sells his jewels exclusively from a discreet,
by-appointment salon on Madison Avenue.
In business nearly eight years,
Taffin de Givenchy has forged personal relationships with a select group of
clients for whom he creates his colorful and slightly whimsical designs. He has
an eye for exceptionally hued gemstones, which he sets in playful and unexpected
settings. His 27-carat, deep-pink spinel ring ($200,000) is graced by pink
quartz layered with small moonstones to give the appearance of pink bubbles
surrounding the exceptional gem.
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