Story Highlight
– Chaumet launches Envol, a 2026 High Jewellery collection.
– Features nine designs with grand feu enamel and sapphires.
– Transformable tiara requires 850 hours of craftsmanship.
– Collection inspired by brand’s historical ornithological motifs.
– Collaborated with Maison Vermeulen for personalized jewellery cases.
Full Story
Chaumet has introduced its Envol collection for 2026, a high jewellery line that celebrates the maison’s longstanding connection with avian themes.
This new capsule comprises nine exquisite pieces, each crafted with grand feu enamel and set with striking midnight blue sapphires, drawing from the brand’s Belle Époque heritage.
At the heart of the collection is an adaptable aigrette tiara, which took an impressive 850 hours to create at the brand’s workshop at 12 Vendôme. It can be styled in four variations: as a classic tiara, a simplified V-shaped aigrette, a mask that frames the face, or as separate brooches. The tiara features a breathtaking 3.92-carat pear-shaped sapphire from Madagascar at its centre.
Another notable item is a necklace crafted from dégradé blue enamel and white gold, which showcases a central cushion-cut Madagascar sapphire weighing 10.96 carats. This piece was the result of 650 hours of meticulous craftsmanship and incorporates two hidden clasps, permitting the sapphire and wing motifs to be detached and worn as individual brooches.
The collection pays homage to the legacy of Marie-Étienne Nitot, the maison’s founder, and reflects the influence of Empress Joséphine’s bird sanctuary at Château de Malmaison. It notably reinterprets a 1910 commission of translucent blue enamel, originally created for Gertrude Payne Whitney.
In addition, Chaumet has partnered with Maison Vermeulen, experts in feather work, to create bespoke cases for the jewellery items.
A spokesperson for Chaumet remarked: “The collection showcases myriad technical feats that offer multiple ways to wear them, perpetuating a long tradition prized by the Maison. By establishing the eagle as the emblem of his reign, Napoléon I turned wings into symbols of power and greatness. Chaumet has made wings the very embodiment of the fusion of power and elegance. The naturalistic perspective the Maison has interpreted and revisited since the 1810s continues its progression in this new line.”
