Made for a Maharaja, Cartier's Patiala Necklace contained nearly 2,930 diamonds, including the 234.69-carat pale yellow De Beers diamond. Then, around 1948, it disappeared.

Indian royalty found many mentions in the exhibit. Rani Sita Devi of Kapurthala, photographed by Cecil Beaton for British ...

The necklace was fashioned for Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala by Cartier in 1928, after he presented an extraordinary trove of gemstones to a Cartier salesman with a request to modernise his ...

The Patiala Necklace is more than a piece of luxurious ornamentation—it is a symbol of heritage, artistry, and the complexity of history. Its legacy lives on through photographs, stories, and ...

In 1948, however, the necklace mysteriously vanished from Patiala’s royal treasury. Thirty-two years later, it surfaced at an auction—stripped of all its diamonds except for one.

Diljit Dosanjh, 41, wanted to sport the Maharaja of Patiala's necklace to complete his royal-inspired look for his first appearance at the Met Gala in New York, reported the New York Times.

Years after its disappearance, the Patiala necklace resurfaced in 1982 in Geneva, where the seventh-largest diamond, De Beers, was sold for 3 million USD.

But despite being denied the iconic Patiala necklace, Diljit Dosanjh still incorporated Cartier pieces into his Met Gala 2025 ensemble. Plus, Indian jeweller Golecha also swooped in with a royal ...

We answer 10 burning questions about men’s jewelry, ... When French jeweler Cartier made the excessively opulent Patiala Necklace in 1928, it wasn’t for a female client.

On August 2, 1928, the Maharajah of Patiala walked across Place Vendôme from the Ritz Paris to the historic Boucheron maison. His guards carried iron safes full of precious gemstones, including ...