Tiffany & Co Designs 137-Carat ‘Crown Of Thorns’ For Kendrick Lamar
By Alexa Heah, 30 Jun 2022
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At the recent Glastonbury Festival, closing act Kendrick Lamar wowed the crowd when he performed with a modern-day ‘Crown Of Thorns’, a diamond-encrusted one, to be more precise.
It turns out that the lavish design was conceptualized by none other than Tiffany & Co, and was commissioned by the rapper and his collaborator Dave Fee, who worked directly with the House’s designers and craftsmen on the masterpiece.
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Amazingly, the famed jeweler said the crown, which was inspired by Jean Schlumberger’s brooch, comprised of 50 thorns of “varying shapes and over 8,000 diamonds”—worth over 137 carats—arranged in a cobblestone pattern to maximize its sparkle.
On the side of the crown are the words “Mr Morale,” engraved in reference to Lamar’s latest album, Mr Morale and the Big Steppers.
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The Crown of Thorns took over 10 months to be handcrafted by four artisans, who spent a total of 1,300 hours carefully setting each diamond by hand, and eventually assembling the 16 separate pieces into the final design that took to the stage.
Take a closer look at the impressive collaboration below.
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[via Robb Report and Tiffany & Co, images via Tiffany & Co]