Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co.

Cf: Suzanne Tennenbaum and Janet Zapata, Jeweled Garden: A Colorful History of Gems, Jewels and Nature, 2006, page 155, for a illustration of a similar designed bracelet.

Cf: John Loring, Tiffany in Fashion, 2003, page 138, for a illustration of a similar deign. 

Schlumberger (1907 – 1987) was born in 1907 in Mulhouse, a city in eastern France which was then part of Germany. Schlumberger was sent initially by his parents to Berlin to pursue a career in banking, which he rebuked by moving to Paris to follow his passion for the arts, opening an atelier on Rue de la Boetie. In 1937 Elsa Schiaparelli who appointed him to her button collections and costume jewellery after seeing his flower brooches made from Meissen porcelain. After serving in the French army in World War II, he moved to New York where he set up a salon with Nicolas Bongard (1908–2000). In 1956, he joined Tiffany & Co. as Vice President where he went on to design some of his most notable pieces and mounting The Tiffany Diamond in the Ribbon Rosette necklace. He amassed a strong following of clients, including the Duchess of Windsor, Greta Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn. Jacqueline Kennedy was often seen wearing his enamel bracelet designs, resulting in them being nicknamed “Jackie Bracelets”. He retired in the 1970s and remains one of only four designers who Tiffany have allowed to sign their designs.