Just as the weather cools and the colours in Australian gardens sharpen, Tiffany & Co. has unveiled the first chapter of Hidden Garden — the latest high jewellery collection from the iconic American house.
Designed by Nathalie Verdeille, Senior Vice President and Chief Artistic Officer, Blue Book 2026: Hidden Garden explores the quiet transformations of the natural world, perfect for a change of season whether you’re north or south of the equator. For close to 200 years, the high jeweller has sourced the rarest stones from around the world — Mexico, Brazil, Ethiopia and Madagascar — and here, those exquisite raw materials breathe life into Verdeille’s botanically lush vision. Transformations are etched in gemstones on sculptural pieces that render nature’s cycles in handcrafted gold vines, platinum leaves, sapphires and yellow diamonds. The collection honours the legacy of Jean Schlumberger, the visionary behind some of Tiffany’s most iconic designs, known for his voluptuous colour palette and bold approach to high jewellery.
Image: Tiffany & Co.
“Blue Book 2026: Hidden Garden reflects our continued commitment to creativity, craft and the highest standards of gemology,” said Anthony Ledru, Chief Executive Officer, Tiffany & Co. “This collection — one of Tiffany & Co.’s most important traditions for over a century — honours the legacy of Jean Schlumberger while demonstrating how we continue to evolve it for today’s high jewellery client.”
Verdaille describes the collection as an organic evolution of the Tiffany & Co. legacy. “Over time,” Verdeille says, “my relationship with Schlumberger’s legacy has become less literal. It was by studying his drawings, his creations, and his mechanisms in depth that I was gradually able to detach myself from them, retaining only the essence. It’s an energy and mindset that still have a Schlumberger-esque tone but are entirely my own. What interests me is finding the balance between heritage and that touch of unexpected flair. Schlumberger’s legacy becomes a starting point—an invitation to dare.”
Image: Tiffany & Co.
Broken into several chapters that take their names from birds, insects and flowers, the collection takes us down the garden path, so to speak. The Paradise Bird chapter features intricately crafted avian creations poised above glittering gemstones that celebrate colour and creative freedom. One one-of-a-kind brooch features a bird perched on a free-form fire opal of 25 carats. Feathers unfold through pointillist arrangements of richly coloured stones — unexpected combinations like emeralds and turquoise, or carved gemstones and diamonds — that radiate outward from vibrant centre stones. Many of the brooches are versatile enough to be worn as pendants.
Image: Tiffany & Co., an example from the In The Garden collection alongside an archival piece from the 1960s.
Image: Tiffany & Co
The Parrot story is a callback to the fantastical parrot brooches Schlumberger created for Tiffany & Co. in the 1960s. Enhanced blue and purple sapphires punctuate a whimsical mosaic of feather motifs, while diamonds are paired with exceptional paillonné enamel in a painterly palette of dark blue, duck green and, of course, Tiffany Blue. Hand-applied with extraordinary precision, the vivid colour palette of the enamel feathers evokes the iridescent movement of wings in flight — creating a striking silhouette, balanced by sculptural platinum feathers and delicate accents of 18k yellow gold.
The Monarch chapter nods to an archival Schlumberger necklace that features a hidden butterfly. Here, foliage takes centre stage, with pavé diamonds set in handcrafted leaves and vines and anchored by a vibrant blue sapphire.
This is just the first entry in the Hidden Garden story with two further chapters to follow: the second debuts in Hong Kong in June, with the final instalment unveiled in Venice in September.
Ruby Feneley
Senior Writer, Fashion + Beauty
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