Elizabeth Taylor, Mirabelle Set up Jewelry Firm

Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor is partnering with Los Angeles firm Mirabelle Luxury Concepts to create a new jewelry firm called House of Taylor Jewelry. The collections will include a traditional fine jewelry assortment as well as one-of-a-kind couture pieces with price points of more than $1 million. 

 

Mirabelle 18k is the boutique jewelry brand of the Los Angeles based Techline Jewelry Corporation owned and operated by Jack and Monty Abramov and has produced jewelry for celebrities such as Elton John and Celine Dion.

Jack Abramov will serve as President of House of Taylor Jewelry and Monty will serve as Vice President and Design Director for House of Taylor Jewelry. The brothers will also acquire additional licenses to support endeavor.

Taylor, famous for her personal jewelry collection, will consult on all brands distributed by House of Taylor Jewelry in addition to developing her signature collections for the firm.

Taylor's personal collection includes Burmese rubies and diamonds from Cartier, an emerald and diamond suite from Bulgari and the extraordinary 33.19-carat Krupp diamond, a gift from former husband Richard Burton.

Burton later eclipsed that diamond when he bought Taylor a 69.42-carat pear shaped diamond which was then named the Taylor-Burton Diamond. Bought from Cartier in 1969 for $1.1 million, it was originally fashioned from a 240.80-carat rough diamond cut by Harry Winston.

To mark Taylor's 40th birthday, Burton presented her with the Taj Mahal Diamond that dates back to 1627, and in 1969 Burton purchased the La Peregrina Pearl, which was originally discovered in the Gulf of Panama in the early 1500s.