\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tThe Jardin des R\u00eaves high jewelry set.<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Courtesy of Mellerio<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tNot only did this resonate with the house\u2019s penchant for gardens, naturalistic treatments and color, but the tapestry itself gave a glimpse of the doomed queen\u2019s \u201cintimate taste,\u201d Mellerio said.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAt the time it was the king of fruits, a recent import, and this exoticism allied to the richness of color [showed] how advanced the queen\u2019s taste was,\u201d she continued. \u201cThere is this layering of an original motif with the printed cotton tapestry, another novelty at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tPlus, Mellerio herself found the fruit attractive from a jeweler\u2019s standpoint. In particular, its volume makes it \u201cimmediately impactful because everything that\u2019s round like that becomes very pretty as a pendant because it moves and catches the light,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \n\tTwo years were necessary to source the stones used to evoke the chromatic richness of the Toile de Jouy print that called for some 27 colors \u2014 the maximum number possible, a docent noted during the evening.<\/p>\n \n\tThe necklace, a multicolored take on the house\u2019s \u201cPierreries\u201d design, features more than 170 carats worth of juicy-hued gemstones that include aquamarines, heliodores, tanzanites, emerald-green tourmalines, rubellites, morganites, rosy imperial topazes and sapphires in blues or pinks.<\/p>\n \n\tHanging from a 1.12-carat ovoid Mellerio-cut diamond is the pineapple.<\/p>\n \n\tExecuted in a gem-set lattice filigree evoking the pattern of the rind and set with more than 8 carats of precious stones including diamonds, with leaves paved with some 300 smaller gems, it can be detached and worn with the solo earring as a matching set \u2014 but the artistic director suggested a stud earring for an of-the-now asymmetric vibe.<\/p>\n \n\tFor managing director Christophe M\u00e9lard, the set is something of a crowning achievement that indicates the direction the house has taken over the past two years, marked by the introduction of the monochromatic Pierreries necklaces and continued with XXL-sized Talisman high jewelry pendants meant to be worn in a more quotidian manner.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWhen we presented our jumbo Talisman necklaces, we evoked the idea of unfussy high jewelry,\u201d he said. \u201cHere, it\u2019s the same idea with the necklace. It has an almost-costume side and this idea of having something that feels a little off the beaten track of so-called classic high jewelry appealed to us.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe set\u2019s price tag of 900,000 euros \u2014 or 750,000 euros, French taxes excluded \u2014 might also catch the eye. \u201cWe considered it was [judicious] to make it extremely attractive by the quality of the product, its desirability and the history behind it, but also by a price some may consider unreasonable but we consider very reasonable [all factored in],\u201d said the executive.<\/p>\n \n\tWhile he said the Jardin des R\u00eaves set would likely not land Stateside, where the jeweler has been exclusively stocked at Bergdorf Goodman since February 2024, a second pair of earrings with its pineapples will be presented at the New York department store.<\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s a development that reads as a nod to a market that\u2019s proven fertile ground for the French jewelry house, with a strong debut that saw the U.S. grow to a 25 percent share of business in 2024.<\/p>\n \n\tThe first half of 2025 has been more subdued, with sales contracting year-over-year. The jeweler also effected a 20 percent price increase, due to the combination of the new U.S. tariffs and significant cost increases on raw materials, including gold. \u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tM\u00e9lard was nonetheless cautiously confident, thanks to U.S. consumers\u2019 appetite for exceptional pieces that could lead to a swift turnaround.<\/p>\n \n\tThat\u2019s also why designs such as the pineapple-filled Jardin des R\u00eaves set are key.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIn the past, we leaned a great deal on being the jeweler of queens,\u201d M\u00e9lard said. \u201cBut we are also in the mindset of finding contemporary queens, [who] walk on the streets, go to dinner, work and have at some point in their life the opportunity to wear sets that are a little more exceptional.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThis set is also here to support Mellerio\u2019s contemporary aspiration of being joyful, playful in its way of offering a high jewelry gesture to its future client,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Marie Antoinette\u2019s magpie eye for the lavish and precious \u2014 and the latest trends \u2014 knew no bounds. Had she not bought a handsome bracelet set with antique cameos at the gates of Versailles from a then-unknown teenaged goldsmith named Jean-Baptiste Mellerio? Almost 250 years later, it was inside the boundaries of the palace\u2019s estate that the jeweler\u2019s descendants unveiled the \u201cJardin des R\u00eaves\u201d high jewelry set, composed of a necklace with a detachable pendant and a single earring. They come in a bespoke trunk modeled after the \u201cmarmotte,\u201d a trunk with straps in which the dynasty\u2019s founder brought his creations to Versailles, which was technically the \u201cfirst Mellerio boutique\u201d according to brand lore. Taking pride of place on these gem-set multicolored creations \u2014 and the Pierre Frey fabric lining the trunk \u2014 is a voluptuous pineapple motif. A stylized version of the fruit, featured prominently on a color-filled tapestry in Marie Antoinette\u2019s private apartments, caught the eye of Laure-Isabelle Mellerio, artistic director of the 412-year-old French family-owned jeweler and a member of its 14th generation. The Jardin des R\u00eaves high jewelry set. Courtesy of Courtesy of Mellerio Not only did this resonate with the house\u2019s penchant for gardens, naturalistic treatments and color, but the tapestry itself gave a glimpse of the doomed queen\u2019s \u201cintimate taste,\u201d Mellerio said. \u201cAt the time it was the king of fruits, a recent import, and this exoticism allied to the richness of color [showed] how advanced the queen\u2019s taste was,\u201d she continued. \u201cThere is this layering of an original motif with the printed cotton tapestry, another novelty at the time.\u201d Plus, Mellerio herself found the fruit attractive from a jeweler\u2019s standpoint. In particular, its volume makes it \u201cimmediately impactful because everything that\u2019s round like that becomes very pretty as a pendant because it moves and catches the light,\u201d she said. 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