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We've all seen cape-colored diamonds that are just beautifully open with an open

cul-lit and facet, you know, the fastening done for candlelight rather than these intense lights we have now.

She would use it if it was

beautiful, or a PKK stone. Why not? I mean, she set some giant stone. I mean, you see the drawings.

I mean, there's some 30, 40-carat diamonds in there. So what if it might have had a certificate,

where there were no certificates back then, a certificate that, you know, wasn't triple X and D flawless. I think it gives her more credibility as an artist.

I'm Carol Houlton, the voice of jewelry.

Welcome to If Jewels Could Talk.

I'm an author and broadcaster

and the woman who initiated the role of jewelry editor

at magazines like Tatler and Vogue.

This is a podcast for everyone.

For people who do like jewelry,

for people who don't realize they like jewelry,

and anyone intrigued by fascinating facts,

new ideas and forgotten histories.

So join me as I tell sparkly tales

and meet all sorts of people

delving into four centuries of jewelry culture

and investigate what's happening now.

In Paris, during the 1930s for about 44 years, at number 59, Rue de Chateau d''an, a steady stream of the world's elite,

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