Baguette and Trapeze Cut Diamonds

You can find them on our geometric creations with Céleste, Léonie, or Aliénor...
Baguette and trapeze diamonds bring dynamism and originality to jewelry: we'll tell you more about these cuts that we love at H&A!

✨ The Baguette Cut Diamond
This diamond has a long, rectangular shape and its cut has 14 facets.
Dating back to the 15th or 16th century, it owes its name to the French word "bague" (ring), but also refers to the elongated shape of a baguette bread 🥖​​
It quickly became beloved by royal houses for crowns and royal jewelry, and became a very popular cut during the Art Deco period.

✨ The Trapeze Cut Diamond
This diamond, on the other hand, has a trapezoidal shape, meaning it's a kind of rectangle with one end narrower than the other.

To differentiate them... it's very simple! Only the baguette diamond forms a perfect rectangle.
They should also not be confused with an emerald cut, which is less elongated, wider, and has more facets.

✨ Cuts of this style were found as early as the Renaissance, but they were particularly used in the 1920s, during the Art Deco period and the Cubist movement. Today, they are found on many engagement rings or in pavé settings 💍.

✨ 2 Baguettes for Grace Kelly...
Prince Rainier, having proposed with a ring deemed too simple, quickly offered Grace Kelly a new ring with a magnificent 12-carat emerald-cut central diamond and two baguette diamonds on its sides. This jewel can be admired in High Society, Grace Kelly's last film.

✨... and 35 for Marilyn Monroe!
The famous baseball player Joe Di Maggio proposed to the actress in 1953 with an engagement ring featuring 35 baguettes. A very beautiful ring that, however, did not allow the marriage to last more than 10 months 😉