Chaumet launches Bee de Chaumet collection

Chaumet has announced the launch of its Bee de Chaumet collection, a dozen pieces with bees and honeycomb as flagship motifs.

The bee and honeycomb cell motifs combine to “infuse the design with a unique identity as well as a strong symbolic significance, like a hive harmoniously constructed over time”.

The pavé diamond bee graces a long necklace and a pair of yellow gold earrings distinguished with delicate tassels.

The piece is made up of a multitude of fine gold chains punctuated with gold and diamond honeycombs.

The bee is also featured on a ring with bevelled lines, spotlighted in pavé diamonds. On a necklace or as a delicate ear stud, it is more minimalistic, the abdomen and wings in smooth polished gold but the head set with a brilliant-cut diamond.

Inspired by the toi et moi motif, there is also an openwork bangle with a flexible opening that doesn’t impede the wrist.

The collection also includes a new parure in white gold comprising a necklace, bracelet, ring and pair of earrings. In mirror-polished white gold or diamond pavé, the honeycomb cells “follow one another to infinity”.

After the cuff and bib necklace, a new pair of High Jewellery earrings in rose and white gold has been added to the collection’s standout pieces. This includes mirror-polished gold, brilliant-cut diamonds in a closed setting and then suspended.

The Maison first looked at the honeycomb’s graphic form during the Art Deco period. In 2009, it brought the two motifs together for the first time in a single creation, heralding the beginnings of the collection which officially saw the light of day in 2011.