A Blazing, Bejeweled Comet Re-Enters Chanel’s Orbit

In November 1932, Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel presented her first and only high jewelry collection, Bijoux de Diamants, in her 18th-century townhouse at 29 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris. Among the roughly 50 pieces, which were inspired by the celestial floor mosaics at Aubazine Abbey (she’d …