His storied past and long legacy is continued by the House of Harry Winston and its salons in Japan, the United Kingdom and elsewhere. He regularly showed off his collection in touring exhibitions, such as the 1949 “Court of Jewels,” which featured the Hope diamond. Winston was renowned for his eye for the finest of gemstones and the ability to design pieces in order to best flaunt their natural dazzle. Winston was also a pioneer of marketing as the first jeweler to dress an Academy Awards nominee when he loaned some diamond jewelry to Jennifer Jones for the 1944 Oscar ceremony. The rarity and beauty of the gemstones he pursued and presented in his boutiques made the Winston brand synonymous with excellence.
Many others followed, including the 726.60-carat Vargas from Brazil which, in 1938, he tracked down across multiple continents after he read a brief newspaper notice about its discovery. The first of the celebrated diamonds to be purchased by Winston was the 726-carat uncut Jonker, acquired in 1935. in 1932, where he influenced 20th-century-jewelry trends by always elevating the stones rather than adding the lavish decorations that had pervaded jewelry in the 19th century. His early success involved turning that eye to estate sale collections that he transformed by freeing gemstones from dated ornamentation, giving them new cuts and modern settings. Winston’s father had immigrated to New York from Ukraine and ran a small jewelry shop where a young Harry learned about precious stones, enough, the story goes, to identify a real emerald in a heap of pawnshop jewelry at the age of 12. Today, Winston is regarded as the “King of Diamonds” and the “Jeweler to the Stars” as one of the first to recognize the branding power of lending glitzy earrings, necklaces and other fine jewelry for red-carpet events. "Bulgari Serpenti 75 Years of Infinite Tales" is on view through July 16 at 70 Gansevoort Street.Among the famed gemstones that Harry Winston (1896–1978) encountered over the course of his career was the Hope diamond, which he donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958.
How many ways can an icon be reborn? As you'll see for yourself-a necklace embellished in malachite and onyx and wrapped around a 10-carat cabochon emerald a 12.89-carat pear-shape tanzanite surrounded by a coil of lapis lazuli and onyx 30 cabochon emeralds sparkling in between twists of diamonds- the possibilities are endless. Twenty-five rare Serpentis will be on display, along with 7 one-of-a-kind High Jewelry pieces created exclusively for its 75th anniversary. Until July 16, the Serpenti is being feted in the Meatpacking District, where a space has been transformed into an immersive exhibition, featuring an installation by new media artist Refik Anadol, that charts the history, inspiration, and craftsmanship behind the motif.īut of course the true stars of this show are the bijoux. Bulgari’s Serpenti exhibition in New York features never-before-seen high jewelry iterations of the house mascot.
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