Word: curiel
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...Some pieces are almost grotesquely large, some tiny and delicate. (The cheapest retails for around $1,000.) Diamond "strings" are twisted into snowflakes or lace fans. There's a (brooch-size) horse's head, a zebra with ostrich plumes and a sinister sheep with sapphire eyes. François Curiel, head of Christie's Europe, which sponsored the show, says the "chicness" of a high-society gathering is now measured in the number of JAR jewels attending, so the 145 collectors who lent their treasures won't be able to go out until the show ends...