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...store on New York City's Broadway, and how the company instilled its jewelry with what curator Clare Phillips calls a "subtle patriotism." Nicknamed the "King of Diamonds" by the U.S. press, founder Charles Lewis Tiffany aspired to supply items for every milestone, from gold armlets for newborns to onyx mourning crosses to remember the American Civil War dead. Tiffany's designers often worked with such U.S.-sourced gems as Montana sapphires and Mississippi River pearls, and favored American naturalism over European historicism. As John Loring, design director of Tiffany's since 1979, explains, "Our unofficial motto is that Mother...
...Nicknamed the "King of Diamonds" by the U.S. press founder Charles Lewis Tiffany aspired to supply items for every milestone, from gold armlets for newborns to onyx mourning crosses to remember the American Civil War dead. Tiffany's designers often worked with such U.S.-sourced gems as Montana sapphires and Mississippi river pearls, and favored American naturalism over European historicism. As John Loring, design director of Tiffany's since 1979, explains, "Our unofficial motto is that Mother Nature is the best designer." From a delicate diamond-and-sapphire dragon-fly hair ornament (circa 1895) to an Art Deco platinum...
...Yabu and Pushelberg created this subtle detail in Four Seasons Tokyo, completed in 2002, was to commission a local artist to build translucent white-onyx slabs framed with metal and finished to look like antique Japanese pewter screens for the lobby and lounge. "So much design is about exaggeration," says Pushelberg. "We're interested in a narrative approach, researching where our clients come from and using forgotten techniques from the past...
...Central Square, which even included roundtrip T fare, was all that she wanted and more from her boyfriend Shlomo Yenklebaum ’04 for Valentine’s Day. Shlomo, for his part, couldn’t even pretend that the 18k gold, engraved Cartier cuff-links with onyx in-lay that Olson gave him were all he wanted for Valentine’s day. Says Shlomo, “What can I say? I’m a topaz person...
...YORK Mandarin Oriental For $12,000 a night, you can enjoy a panoramic view of Central Park and the New York City skyline at this 5-star hotel, which opened two weeks ago. Luxuries include silk-padded walls, hand-crafted oriental rugs, onyx bathrooms and a top-of-the-line entertainment system with a room all to itself...