Even if the blueprints are superb, a house will not be comfortable to live in if the construction is poor. It is not acceptable for the completed building to have a floor that is below the ground level, for the house to be crooked, or for the doors to have a poor fit and not […]
As producers, jewelry stores and manufacturers are responsible for quality. The creation of fine jewelry is the result of using gemstones of fine quality and employing designers, gemstone buyers, and craftsmen for the purpose of creating comfortable, carefully made jewelry. If standards for the materials or craftsmanship are lowered, the quality of the jewelry will […]
The essential value of jewelry is derived from wearing it and enjoying its beauty and the comfortable feeling that it brings. A piece of jewelry has value because it suites your taste, and because it fits well and can be worn. Even when choosing jewelry as a gift, its value is derived from the joy […]
Jewelry is worn and enjoyed for its beauty, and eventually passed down from one generation to the next. Here, discussion focuses on the quality of the materials used in jewelry, from the viewpoints of the nature of the beauty in gemstones as they are being worn, and their quality at the time they pass from […]
A bouquet of colorless, orange, and yellow diamonds. This brooch, a flower basket of gemstones, looks as though a handful of the most beautiful flowers were carefully chosen and arranged to create a small flower garden. Four flowers, each made of six diamonds measuring three to four millimeters, are surrounded by six flowers of single […]
As the main stone approaches 2 carats, the bezel, shank, and prongs have more effect on the elegance of the final product. This elegant and impressive ring is set with a beautifully brilliant, two-carat-sized round brilliant cut diamond in the center with half-moon diamonds on either side. From certain angles, the combined diamonds look like an […]
This style has been copied by numerous manufacturers throughout the world. Diamonds surrounding a main stone can be seen in necklaces and other jewelry from more than two hundred years ago. At that time, rose-cut and Old Mine-cut diamonds were used, and jewelry simply was not about to bring out the kind of beautiful brilliance […]
This ring contains over one thousand raised beads. One can only admire the fact that such precise setting work was done in such a limited space. Other than where the finger and jade touch it, this beautiful ring is completely covered with bead-set round brilliant-cut diamonds. On its top and sides are a total of […]
It is extremely rare to bring together eleven fine-quality Mogok rubies of greater than three-carat size. Jewelry is made as a result of a conception that specially states, “This is what we want to make.” In the case of a single gemstone, experience will provide a good idea of what kind of material is available, […]
Wearing this necklace by itself would not be appropriate. This necklace is the type of jewelry worn when dressing up in a formal evening grown and attending a banquet, matched with earrings like the ones shown below and an appropriate ring and bracelet. There are no upper limits to high-end jewelry. Setting a ten-carat, gem-quality […]
The impressive brilliance of a large diamond enriches one’s life. New York is the world’s foremost cutting center for large diamonds, including pear shapes. The reason why there are many pear shapes is that they lose less weight during polishing, and there is the added advantage than a pear shape of seven or eight carats […]
With jewelry, it can be said that the choice of materials is the design itself. This light pink coral brooch by Van Cleef & Arpels, called “Rose de Noël”(“Christmas Rose”), has been a favorite of princess Salimah Aga Khan (1940~) and princess Diana (1961~1997). When holding this piece, one cannot help but feel the splendor […]
