Goossens
Designed by Harumi Klossowska de Rola
Box in fully gold plated brass
24 carat gold coated garnet part
Ø 9 x H 9 cm
Ø 3.5″ x H 3.5″
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Each maison and designer featured on The Invisible Collection is chosen for a distinct point of view, translated into pieces made almost entirely by hand, in limited numbers, for those who collect stories as much as objects.
This Pomegranate box is a design by Harumi Klossowska de Rola, daughter of the painter Balthus, who trained in fine jewelry at maisons including Goossens before dedicating herself to sculpture, and it is realized by Maison Goossens, the Parisian goldsmithing house founded in 1950 by Robert Goossens that rose to fame through Coco Chanel and now belongs to Chanel itself. Entirely plated in 24-carat gold, with a garnet-toned section coated in the same precious finish, the box takes the form of a pomegranate, a fruit revered across civilizations as a metaphor for life, fertility and resurrection, its stones hand-cut exclusively for the maison so that no two boxes are ever identical.
Daughter of famous painter Balthus and Japanese artist Setsuko Ideta, Harumi Klossowska de Rola grew up surrounded by art, literally. Since her early years, spent in Villa Medici in Rome, she always loved to express her artistic self. At the age of seven, she saw a collection of precious gems and was so enthralled by it that she decided she wanted to create jewelry. She spent her teens in Switzerland, enjoying horse riding and learning calligraphy, living in the amazing Grand Chalet de Rossinière, an 18th century mansion built to stock… Swiss cheese in its cellars. After a few years spent working with John Galliano, Harumi started creating her first line of jewelry, loosely inspired by a collection of oriental buttons and ribbons her mother kept in a drawer. In 2008, she created her first pieces of haute joillerie, a commission by Boucheron to celebrate the brand’s 150th anniversary. This first collection sets the beginning of a new path, as Harumi starts experimenting with precious metals and gems.
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Flint Terracotta
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Linterno Fabric : St Moritz/Nobili