Fine Jewellery Collection 2016 - 2017
Number 3
Three colours of 750 thousandths gold, a hint of hard stones, a singular link…
For Collection number 3, Marc Deloche invents new forms that invite touch and every way of wearing. Seventeen solar jewels that amber the skin like a summer that would never end.
"The bright light, the bold colours of the Greek islands nourished this collection," explains Marc Deloche. "I wanted to convey a state of mind, a certain languor that one can feel in the face of this country's landscapes, but without literal reference or figurative representation."
While the architect's signature can be found in the design of Collection number 3, particular attention was paid to the ergonomics of the models. "Whether the pieces are an extension of the body or whether they blend into the skin, my wish was that they become one with women's bodies."
In Marc Deloche's mythology, here are Hélios, Circé, Perséphone, Echo.
HELIOS
To capture the divine star, to retranscribe it on a ribbon of radiating 750 thousandths yellow gold. An ode to the Sun God, a choker conceived as an inverted torque. Closed at the nape. Open at the throat. It bears at its two extremities two discs, one in 750 thousandths gold and the other in tiger's eye. A double game that continues on an imposing secret signet ring. Surmounted by a pivoting plateau, this two-faced ring offers, on one side, a circle of yellow metal, on the other, the golden rays of the hard stone.
Ring Hélios
750 thousandths yellow gold
Pivoting ring plateau, revealing a tiger's eye plate of 5.55 carats and 16.4 mm diameter and eight diamonds of 0.08 carats
Total weight: 29.1 g
Necklace Hélios
750 thousandths yellow gold
750 thousandths gold casings at the extremities containing a tiger's eye plate of 16.10 carats, one of which is movable, and eight diamonds of 0.08 carats
Total weight: 73.43 g
CIRCÉ
Like the sorceress of Greek mythology who changed the appearances of beings, the Circé link lends itself to multiple transformations. Oblong and asymmetrical, sensual and structured, Circé becomes a two-tone gold sautoir whose neo-seventies links rustle at the hollow of the breasts. In a single version, it transforms into a ring harmoniously blending the three golds. Finally, Circé doubles itself on long four-row drop earrings, on a pair of golden sleeper earrings.
Ring Circé
750 thousandths yellow gold, 750 thousandths rose gold and 750 thousandths palladium grey gold
Total weight: 4.96 g
Sautoir Circé
750 thousandths yellow gold, 750 thousandths rose gold and 750 thousandths palladium grey gold
Total weight: 74.32 g
Sleeper earrings
Circé 750 thousandths yellow gold or 750 thousandths palladium grey gold
Turquoise bead of 3 mm diameter
Total weight: 4.98 g
PERSÉPHONE
The daughter of Zeus, compelled by her uncle Hades to reign four months of the year in the Underworld and to live eight months on Earth, inspired these hoop earrings that seem to emerge from the Kingdom of Night. These two gold circles are set with a half-moon of lapis lazuli doubled by a plate of solar gold, a prelude to Perséphone's return to the world of light. They are accompanied by a dazzling cuff in yellow metal, turquoise and diamonds, like a portion of recomposed blue sky. And an XXL pendant in 750 thousandths yellow gold and 750 thousandths white gold where the lagoon-coloured stone invites the gaze to plunge within.
Earrings Perséphone
750 thousandths yellow gold
Lapis lazuli, 80.20 carats
Total weight: 20.86 g
Cuff Perséphone
750 thousandths yellow gold
Turquoise of 35 mm diameter of 21 carats and diamond surround of 0.74 carats
Total weight: 116.18 g
Pendant Perséphone
750 thousandths yellow gold and 750 thousandths palladium grey gold
Turquoise of 35 mm diameter of 21 carats and diamond surround of 0.74 carats
Total weight: 58.65 g
ECHO 1/2
She is a nymph who would never speak first again but who would always have the last word. Composed of a cuff, a pair of earrings and a ring in lacquered black 750 thousandths yellow gold, the Echo set is a spectacular expression of the cube: a hollowed-out structure letting words and air pass through. In cylindrical version, Perséphone gives rise to long brushed tubes split at their centre, 750 thousandths yellow gold, 750 thousandths white gold, a few brilliant-cut diamonds for these earring models and these full-volume rings.
Rings Echo Cylindrique
750 thousandths yellow gold and 750 thousandths grey gold
Two rows of diamonds, 0.18 carats The gold is slightly satin-finished on the outside and polished on the inside
Yellow gold weight: 10.95 g
Grey gold weight: 9.98 g
Earrings Echo Cylindrique
750 thousandths yellow gold
The gold is slightly satin-finished on the outside and polished on the inside
Total weight: 30.26 g
ECHO 2/2
Ring Echo
750 thousandths yellow gold
This ring has the particularity of being available in three different finger sizes
The interior of the ring is entirely hand-lacquered in black lacquer
Total weight: 13.95 g
Earrings Echo
750 thousandths yellow gold
The interior of each earring is entirely hand-lacquered in black lacquer
Total weight: 24.2 g
Cuff Echo
750 thousandths yellow gold
Eight onyx, 23.25 carats
The interior of the cuff is entirely hand-lacquered in black lacquer
Total weight: 104.6 g
HELIOS
To capture the divine star, to retranscribe it on a ribbon of radiating 750 thousandths yellow gold. An ode to the Sun God, a choker conceived as an inverted torque. Closed at the nape. Open at the throat. It bears at its two extremities two discs, one in 750 thousandths gold and the other in tiger's eye. A double game that continues on an imposing secret signet ring. Surmounted by a pivoting plateau, this two-faced ring offers, on one side, a circle of yellow metal, on the other, the golden rays of the hard stone.
Ring Hélios
750 thousandths yellow gold
Pivoting ring plateau, revealing a tiger's eye plate of 5.55 carats and 16.4 mm diameter and eight diamonds of 0.08 carats
Total weight: 29.1 g
Necklace Hélios
750 thousandths yellow gold
750 thousandths gold casings at the extremities containing a tiger's eye plate of 16.10 carats, one of which is movable, and eight diamonds of 0.08 carats
Total weight: 73.43 g
CIRCÉ
Like the sorceress of Greek mythology who changed the appearances of beings, the Circé link lends itself to multiple transformations. Oblong and asymmetrical, sensual and structured, Circé becomes a two-tone gold sautoir whose neo-seventies links rustle at the hollow of the breasts. In a single version, it transforms into a ring harmoniously blending the three golds. Finally, Circé doubles itself on long four-row drop earrings, on a pair of golden sleeper earrings.
Ring Circé
750 thousandths yellow gold, 750 thousandths rose gold and 750 thousandths palladium grey gold
Total weight: 4.96 g
Sautoir Circé
750 thousandths yellow gold, 750 thousandths rose gold and 750 thousandths palladium grey gold
Total weight: 74.32 g
Sleeper earrings
Circé 750 thousandths yellow gold or 750 thousandths palladium grey gold
Turquoise bead of 3 mm diameter
Total weight: 4.98 g
PERSÉPHONE
The daughter of Zeus, compelled by her uncle Hades to reign four months of the year in the Underworld and to live eight months on Earth, inspired these hoop earrings that seem to emerge from the Kingdom of Night. These two gold circles are set with a half-moon of lapis lazuli doubled by a plate of solar gold, a prelude to Perséphone's return to the world of light. They are accompanied by a dazzling cuff in yellow metal, turquoise and diamonds, like a portion of recomposed blue sky. And an XXL pendant in 750 thousandths yellow gold and 750 thousandths white gold where the lagoon-coloured stone invites the gaze to plunge within.
Earrings Perséphone
750 thousandths yellow gold
Lapis lazuli, 80.20 carats
Total weight: 20.86 g
Cuff Perséphone
750 thousandths yellow gold
Turquoise of 35 mm diameter of 21 carats and diamond surround of 0.74 carats
Total weight: 116.18 g
Pendant Perséphone
750 thousandths yellow gold and 750 thousandths palladium grey gold
Turquoise of 35 mm diameter of 21 carats and diamond surround of 0.74 carats
Total weight: 58.65 g
ECHO 1/2
She is a nymph who would never speak first again but who would always have the last word. Composed of a cuff, a pair of earrings and a ring in lacquered black 750 thousandths yellow gold, the Echo set is a spectacular expression of the cube: a hollowed-out structure letting words and air pass through. In cylindrical version, Perséphone gives rise to long brushed tubes split at their centre, 750 thousandths yellow gold, 750 thousandths white gold, a few brilliant-cut diamonds for these earring models and these full-volume rings.
Rings Echo Cylindrique
750 thousandths yellow gold and 750 thousandths grey gold
Two rows of diamonds, 0.18 carats The gold is slightly satin-finished on the outside and polished on the inside
Yellow gold weight: 10.95 g
Grey gold weight: 9.98 g
Earrings Echo Cylindrique
750 thousandths yellow gold
The gold is slightly satin-finished on the outside and polished on the inside
Total weight: 30.26 g
ECHO 2/2
Ring Echo
750 thousandths yellow gold
This ring has the particularity of being available in three different finger sizes
The interior of the ring is entirely hand-lacquered in black lacquer
Total weight: 13.95 g
Earrings Echo
750 thousandths yellow gold
The interior of each earring is entirely hand-lacquered in black lacquer
Total weight: 24.2 g
Cuff Echo
750 thousandths yellow gold
Eight onyx, 23.25 carats
The interior of the cuff is entirely hand-lacquered in black lacquer
Total weight: 104.6 g