How Is a Sofa Most Like an EARRING?

Let us count the ways.

- BY STELLENE VOLANDES

Experimentation and unique pairings define the ethos of Hemmerle, which is now led by Yasmin and Christian Hemmerle.

When you arrive at 14 Maximilianstrasse, Munich, you see a sketch of a street scene and a sign. “Hemmerle,” it says, “is moving up.” Technically it’s down a few streets and then up. After 120 years, the jewelry is still entirely in the family, but at a new address. There are high ceilings, soaring windows, and a corner balcony with a view of Maximilian II’s boulevard. It offers a more private experience (though open to the public, appointments are recommended) in a sanctuary that reflects how tradition is best maintained through occasional experimentation.

You might even, when holding a new piece from this four-generation dynasty, in aluminum or bronze finished with an ancient artifact, describe that as the Hemmerle way. But back to our initial inquiry. Here are four ways a Vladimir Kagan sofa is most like a Hemmerle Harmony bangle.

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