Create an ethereal brooch was the challenge that the Maison set itself. The studio had the idea of starting with a curved, soft and graphic motif called “Paisley” designed in 1878 by Frédéric Boucheron for the Maharaja of Kapurthala.

This shape, rather like a teardrop, is reminiscent of the ephemeral henna patterns of Rajput women. To embody permanent tattooing, the workshop naturally turned to the hardest gem, the diamond. So the Mehndi brooch is made up entirely of diamonds of every cut. Thus calibrated pears and round cuts form the heart of these drops that seem to be applied directly to the skin.

Conceived in the purest tradition of jewellery, the openwork motifs have been worked to obtain embroidery of the finest diamonds. Light as lace, the brooch can be converted into a necklace, in the Boucheron tradition of multi-wear jewellery.