When Cartier unveiled its latest high jewelry collection, Nature Sauvage, during an elaborate ball held at the Grand Hall of Vienna’s Austrian National Library back in May, one thing was clear: The ...

An emerald and diamond necklace once owned by Catherine the Great has sold for £3.3million at auction. The necklace featured a 107.67-carat pear-shaped emerald, which belonged to the Russian Imperial ...

My favorite Catherine the Great story is about her emeralds. She had a legendary collection of the verdant stone and they say before she went into what she knew would be a particularly tough meeting ...

Creating a vision is easy and often fun. Turning that vision into reality can be damn hard. A case in point is the Emerald Necklace, the long talked about and dreamed of string of parks, waterways and ...

Upon the occasion of her 1981 wedding to Prince Charles, Princess Diana was given a necklace with an emerald pendant dating back to 1863 by the Queen Mother. After Diana’s unexpected death in 1997, ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. There's a scene in the 1957 musical comedy Funny Face when Audrey ...