House of Goossens

A couture jeweller and goldsmith, Robert Goossens struck up a creative relationship with Coco Chanel in the 1950s. He designed the Byzantine and baroque style pieces she adored alongside wheat motif mirror frames and interior objets that decorated her apartment and the boutiques. His son Patrick heads up the maison today, now part of Chanel's Metiers d'Art, overseeing the studio team of carvers, smelters and enamellers. Each piece is conceived using the lost wax technique resulting in highly intricate pieces with texture and character. “My father borrowed from the Byzantines, the Etruscans, the Celts and Egyptians. He mixed all those influences together and came up with something different,” says Patrick Goossens of the bravura cocktail of styles.

Inspired by the sea, spring-summer jewels feature baroque pearls, coral-inspired bangles that stack sculpturally, and stones the shades of blue and green, while the Goossens talisman remains a timeless investment piece.