Small stones, matched by hand. Melee is where consistency matters most and is hardest to get- a pave line is only as good as its worst stone. We sort ours to match in color and cut before a parcel ever leaves us, in white, salt and pepper, champagne, and black.

The most engineered cut in the trade, fifty-seven facets arranged to return as much light as the rough allows. Optimized over a century for maximum brilliance, which is why so much of what is sold today looks alike. We select for the ones that do not: proportions cut for the stone rather than for yield.