How Tiffany & Co.'s Glittering History Influences Its Bold New Creations

Charlotte Brook explores how Tiffany & Co.’s glittering history influences its bold new creations

- Charlotte Brook

I try to make everything look as if it were growing, uneven, organic, at random, in motion, Jean Schlumberger once said of his famously flora- and fauna-inspired jewellery. Having been scouted by Elsa Schiaparelli as a young man for his decorative porcelain brooches and buttons, the artist and designer was summoned to New York by Tiffany & Co. in 1956, where he was charged with bringing his trademark colour and wit to the brand's designs.