De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Lebanese-Italian jeweler Fawaz Gruosi (b. 1952) founded the Geneva-based De Grisogono in 1993, naming the luxury jewelry company after his mother, who had been the Marquise de Grisogono. He wanted a name that would conjure elegance and rarity. Gruosi would soon have his own aristocratic nickname — “King of Black Diamonds” — for the stones that made his jewelry house famous.
Born in Beirut, Gruosi grew up in Florence and as a teenager got a job with the Florentine jeweler Torrini and went on to work for luxury jewelry houses Harry Winston and Bulgari in the years that followed. When De Grisogono was established, most jewelers favored the simplicity of white diamonds and platinum. Gruosi was more interested in color and diamonds with character. Along with the then-undervalued black diamonds, he designed vibrant pieces that exuberantly mixed stones like emeralds, sapphires, amber, pink opal and jade.
De Grisogono’s audacious pieces bedecked with black diamonds captured the fancy of well-heeled buyers in the 1990s, leading to the brand’s meteoric rise to fame. It entered the world of luxury watches in 2000 with the Instrumento Uno for men, which led to the development of the Crazy Skull in 2015. The playful made-to-order timepiece could be outfitted with up to 45 carats of gems.
Since the early aughts, De Grisogono has become synonymous with A-listers who donned the jeweler’s wares on red carpets; the company was also known for hosting an annual party at the Cannes Film Festival. De Grisogono made headlines in 2017 by partnering with Christie’s to sell a necklace made with a dazzling 163.41-carat emerald-cut diamond for $33.7 million — a record price for a D-color flawless diamond.
In January 2020, the jewelry house filed for bankruptcy. Today, Gruosi continues to sell his intricately designed decadent pieces from his namesake boutique in London.
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Early 2000s Swiss De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Artist De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Ruby, Star Sapphire, Star Ruby, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary De GRISOGONO Jewelry
White Diamond, Black Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Wh...
1990s Swiss Modern De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, White Gold, Rhodium
Early 2000s De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Ruby, Peridot, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Brown Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Black Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s Unknown Modernist Vintage De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Italian Modern De GRISOGONO Jewelry
White Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Italian De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Multi-gemstone, Peridot, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White ...
21st Century and Contemporary De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Retro De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Contemporary De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Diamond, South Sea Pearl, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Ruby, Diamond, White Gold
2010s British Contemporary De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, White Gold
Late 20th Century De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Ruby, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Amethyst, Pink Sapphire, Ruby, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swazi Contemporary De GRISOGONO Jewelry
Ruby, 18k Gold