Harper\'s Bazaar USA - 12.2019

NEWS

FAMILY

HISTORY

With roots that

date back to the 15th

century, luxury

jewelry brand

Le Vian has a heritage

that sparkles

FEW FINE JEWELRY brands boast a history as

rich as Le Vian’s. The family business, which began in

Persia in the 1400s, built such a reputation for its exquisitely

crafted trinkets that in 1746 the shah asked Le Vian to guard

a selection of treasures he’d plundered from India. Among

them was the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which is one of the

world’s largest cut diamonds and now holds court as part of

the British Crown Jewels. From then on, Le Vian made it

Left: A pearl,

tanzanite,

and sapphire

necklace.

Below: A

gold-framed

minakari box;

a circa-1950

silver,

turquoise,

and coral

jewelry box.

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