Girandole Earrings

Last fall, someone walked out of the Louvre with a pair of girandole earrings that had belonged to Queens Hortense and Marie-Amélie de Bourbon. The form is three centuries old and still unresolved: a central stone, a structured surround, a drop below that moves on its own axis.

This version is built as a beaded spindle. Teardrop gemstones thread laterally across the interior. The suspended drop at the base is stone, or glass, depending on the colorway. It moves because the structure allows it to. It holds because the construction requires it to.

Wear yours to an opening, a lecture, anywhere the room is worth dressing for. A high collar or a clean crewneck keeps the geometry in charge.

Made in an array of gemstones.