Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Jewelry designer Jean Schlumberger once said that he strived to “make everything look as if it were growing, uneven, at random, organic, in motion.” His jewels interpreted the vitality of the natural world with lively designs that included a moonstone-topped jellyfish brooch with sapphire tentacles exuding a watery shimmer and a ring encrusted with a burst of diamonds that “bloomed” like a flower bud.
A self-taught jeweler, Schlumberger’s mastery of color as well as his expertise as a draftsman brought his fantastic ideas to life. Born to a leading textile manufacturing family in Alsace, France, Schlumberger took to drawing as a child and showed promise as an artist, but his parents instead sent him to study banking in Berlin in the 1930s. Uninspired, he departed for Paris and began creating buttons for Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, who also commissioned him for costume jewelry.
One of Schlumberger’s early pieces — a cigarette lighter in the form of a fish whose head opened to reveal the flame — demonstrated his skill for capturing the vivacity of nature in precious metal. The designer’s imaginative jewelry was in contrast to popular geometric lines of Art Deco, an independent vision he affirmed in the extravagant 1941 Trophée de Vaillance brooch created for fashion editor Diana Vreeland. An extravagant confection of diamonds, amethyst, rubies and gold, the brooch featured gemstones adorning an intricate intersection of tiny spears and a breastplate over a glittering shield.
After serving in the French army and the Free French forces during World War II — and surviving the Battle of Dunkirk — Schlumberger left war-torn Europe for New York and in 1946 established a jewelry salon with Nicolas Bongard. There, his vibrant work caught the eye of Tiffany & Co. After joining the American luxury jewelry house in 1956, he soon had his own studio on the mezzanine of Tiffany’s Fifth Avenue store that he accessed by a private elevator. In his workshop, Schlumberger used a rainbow of gemstones, gold and diamonds to create some of the company’s most beguiling designs.
From striking earrings shaped like soaring wings to diamond birds perched on glittering gemstones, each of Schlumberger’s Tiffany designs dazzled. His supporters included Bunny Mellon, whose love for horticulture inspired commissions such as the Jasmine necklace with diamond blossoms flowering from a garland of colored sapphires, and Jacqueline Kennedy, who wore his Croisillon bracelets so often they became known as “Jackie bracelets.” Schlumberger retired from Tiffany in the late 1970s, but decades after his designs were introduced many of his popular pieces remain in production.
On 1stDibs, find an extraordinary range of vintage Jean Schlumberger jewelry designed for Tiffany & Co.
21st Century and Contemporary Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Tsavorite, 18k Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
2010s French Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
1950s Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s French Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Contemporary Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
1960s Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold
1990s American Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Yellow Gold
1990s Italian Modern Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1970s French Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
1960s Modern Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Peridot, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century European Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century European Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
Late 20th Century American Contemporary Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Gold
1970s American Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Contemporary Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Late 20th Century French Modernist Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
White Diamond, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Early 2000s Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary American Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, Platinum
1990s American Contemporary Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum, Enamel
2010s American Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, Gold, Platinum
1990s American Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
18k Gold
20th Century French Modern Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1980s American Modernist Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century French Modern Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, Peridot, 18k Gold, Platinum
1970s Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
1960s Contemporary Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, Peridot, 18k Gold
1970s American Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Retro Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
White Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
2010s American Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
20th Century French Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
18k Gold
Late 20th Century American Contemporary Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Gold
20th Century French Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary French Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
20th Century French Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
20th Century French Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Gold, Enamel
Late 20th Century Contemporary Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
1960s American Modernist Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Turquoise, Onyx, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century American Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, Platinum
1980s French Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Onyx, Yellow Gold
1980s American Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
1970s American Modernist Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
1960s Retro Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century French Modern Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1970s French Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Garnet, Quartz, Tsavorite, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum, Enamel
1970s French Modernist Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s Contemporary Vintage Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Gold, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century French Contemporary Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Jewelry
18k Gold, Enamel
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