The Art of de GRISOGONO, Creation 1

The Magnificent Jewels sale saw a broken record when Christie’s auctioned de GRISOGONO’s ground-breaking necklace, ‘The Art of de GRISOGONO, Creation 1’ in Geneva. This flabbergasted necklace achieved the price of CHF 33,500,000 / US$ 33,701,000.

 

 

This masterpiece was designed by Fawaz Gruosi, Founder and Creative Director of de GRISOGONO. It features a 163.41-carat Flawless D-Colour diamond, cut from the historical 404-carat diamond extracted from the Lulo mine in Angola. Fourteen highly skilled artisans spent 1,700 hours creating the necklace.

This sale marks a new milestone for de GRISOGONO and is the largest ever emerald-cut diamond offered at auction. The sale breaks the previous record price for a D Flawless Diamond which was US $30,600,000.

A short documentary can be viewed at theartofdegrisogono.com, which demonstrates the various stages involved in the piece’s crafting and de GRISOGONO’s inimitable expertise.