Worth Noting

De Beers based its 2017 high-jewelry collection on the various stages of a lotus flower. Here, a white diamond necklace resembles a blooming lotus, with three pear-shaped diamonds forming petals surrounded by marquis- and baguette-cut diamonds on a pendant that also can be detached and worn as a brooch. Price upon request, 212.906.0001, debeers.com

White River Junction, Vt. Heirloom pieces that confound as much as entertain. If you visit a Relais & Châteaux–affiliated hotel in the Northeast, you may encounter these unusually intricate hand-cut wooden puzzles in the lobby or parlor. Relais & Châteaux and Stave Puzzles don’t have a commercial partnership, but they do share the same clientele—affluent […]

An interview with the man who hopes to lead California—and offer a progressive vision of America.

Music festivals inspired Chaumet’s 2017 collection. This Rhapsodie Transatlantique necklace features a 29.77-carat cushion-cut morganite, a 23.38-carats oval-cut chrysoberyl, a 12.87-carat oval-cut Imperial topaz, a 12.21-carats oval-cut pink tourmaline, a 10.67-carat cushion-cut tanzanite, a 2.12-carat pear-shaped diamond, 30 diamonds weighing between .55 and .71 carats each, round Umba garnets, round champagne diamonds, and round and […]