Loose Diamonds: Breakfast with the Tiffany Diamond
Everyone has heard of the famous Tiffany loose diamond. This luxury company has been thriving for many years and has built a strong reputation for being the best jewelry provider in the business.
The Tiffany Diamond was found in South Africa in 1877. In its original form, it weighed a striking 287.42 carats! The following year, Charles Lewis Tiffany purchased the stone. He then sent the stone to Paris in order for it to be cut into 128.54 carats, where it was then named the Tiffany diamond. It is one of the world's largest yellow diamonds ever discovered. In 1893, the diamond was showcased at the Chicago's World Columbian Exposition, and in 1901 it received top honors at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
The diamond laid low for quite a few years, but then Tiffany's decided to set up a holiday display in their store window. The diamond could easily be seen from across the street due to its striking size. It was placed in the hands of a gold wire angel by designer Gene Moore. Everyone remembers the film Breakfast at Tiffany's. The diamond was made into a beautiful necklace, designed by Jean Schlumberger, for Audrey Hepburn to wear for publicity photographs for the film. In 1972, the gorgeous canary diamond was nearly sold for 5 million dollars. The diamond had a brief stint at the Smithsonian for the world to see, but ultimately came to rest exactly where the loose diamond belongs: the main floor of Tiffany's Fifth Avenue store.
