A Sparkling Story

Prestige heads to Bangkok for Tiffany & Co's first exhibition in Thailand, and learns more about the house's 188-year legacy through the creative lens of one of its most prominent former designers, Jean Schlumberger.

- Words: LYNETTE KOH

“A Schlumberger lights up the whole room!” once said Diana Vreeland of a brooch that she had commissioned the renowned designer Jean Schlumberger to design. A celebrated style icon and magazine editor, the late Vreeland was also one of Schlumberger's earliest champions. Returning to her declaration: If one Schlumberger creation can light up the whole room, imagine having more than 50 of these precious pieces in one space.

That was exactly what took place in Bangkok recently at Legendary Legacy, the first exhibition by Tiffany & Co to be held in Thailand. Presented from Aug 21 to Sept 7 at One Bangkok - a year-old integrated development - the exhibition put the spotlight on Tiffany's nearly two-century legacy, with a focus on the works of Schlumberger, one of the house's most prominent designers.

One of only four jewellers that Tiffany has allowed to sign their work, Schlumberger worked for the American brand from 1956 until the late 1970s. The artist and designer was best known for creating Tiffany's Bird on a Rock brooch, although he was also renowned for his whimsical and surrealistic creations, many of which were inspired by the natural world.

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