Coco Chanel loved coromandel screens - and now they have inspired a high jewellery collection

The late French fashion designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's adored Coromandel lacquer screens provided stunning touches of Asian inspiration to the luxury brand's high jewellery Coromandel collection For the first time, Gabrielle Chanel's treasured Coromandel screens are taking centre-stage in the brand's new high jewellery collection With 59 pieces including necklaces, earrings and bracelets, the Coromandel collection takes its inspiration from three themes found on Coromandel screens - mineral, floral and animal.

Chanel collected many of the screens as decorative pieces for her home and included their patterns in her sartorial works, such as the lining of a suit jacket from her 1958 haute couture collection In the high jewellery collection, the chosen gems are a nod to all the beautiful colours found on Coromandel lacquerware - including greens such as tsavorite garnet, emerald and tourmaline, reds from spinel and ruby, black from onyx, white from diamond and mother-of-pearl, and yellow from gold Flowers are another of the themes of Chanel's new high jewellery collection, in which camellia - Gabrielle Chanel's signature flower - is a frequent motif.

The jewellery designs capture them in mid-flight, graceful and majestic - two words that describe Gabrielle Chanel and her creations. . Source