This year marks exactly 10 anniversary years since the famous Mogul emerald was exhibited at Christie’s New York auction on September 27 and sold for more than two million dollars. Let's celebrate this significant date together, and before that we will find out what is so unique about this stone.
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The weight of the stone is 21780 carats. Its dimensions are 5.2 cm by 4.0 cm and a thickness of 1.2 cm. It has a bright green color, which makes it stand out among other emeralds. Presumably, the emerald was found in Colombia and left the country thanks to the Spanish sailors who brought it to India. Presumably, he belonged to the legendary ruler Aurangzeb, who united the whole of Hindustan and was a rather controversial figure - he was known as an intriguer and despot who executed his sons. In fairness, it should be said that they also distinguished themselves - they raised a riot against their father.
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It is unknown if Aurangzebe was the owner of the emerald. By the way, the name of the ruler means "Throne decoration". And the jewelers made special notches on the stone so that it could be an adornment for a turban or any piece of clothing.
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Blessings to the Prophet Muhammad and 12 imams are engraved on the stone. Floral ornament decorates one of the sides. The fine work of jewelers has turned the Mogul emerald into the largest engraved emerald in the world. After the fall of the dynasty, he disappeared from sight for a long time until 1958, when he was acquired by the geologist Alan Kaplan, who traveled to Burma, Brazil and India, with whom he remained until his death and whose heirs put the emerald up for auction. The buyer who acquired the Mogul hid his name and the famous emerald again sank into oblivion. Exactly until three years ago he appeared at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha.
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The fact that the Mogul belonged to the ruler of India or some other important person is not at all accidental - those who could afford it aspired to take possession of emeralds as talismans. It was believed that they saved from unrequited love, poisonous snake bites, and healed eyesight. The emerald was perceived as a symbol of wisdom and composure. It wasn't always this way, though. The Christian religion regarded him as a devil's stone - allegedly he fell to the ground from the helmet of Lucifer. Meanwhile, Colombian emeralds are not the most beautiful - they are inferior in color purity to Afghan ones. Therefore, the bright tone of the Mogul makes it an exceptional and desirable stone.
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Belik studio designers love emerald color - used locally, it makes the interior richer and deeper. We have chosen this color as the main one in our fresh project of an apartment located in the Kiev residential complex “Parkovye Ozera”. The total area of the apartment is 97.2 square meters. Ceiling height - 2.7 meters. The apartment has a loggia just over 5 square meters. It adjoins the living room, and we turned it into an open lounge area.
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Initially, we planned to do the interior design of a 4-room apartment. However, the owners asked to connect the living rooms together in order to get more spacious rooms. We were not particularly upset - the design of a three-room apartment requires no less attention than the modern design of a 4-room apartment, but exercise for the mind in the form of developing options for planning solutions is always useful.
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There are three people in the family - the head of the family, he is 45 years old, his wife, who is 35, and their four-year-old son. They are planning another child in the future.
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The era of self-isolation did not greatly disrupt their usual way of life. The owner of the apartment works from home and his wife is a housewife. For them, a home is both a cozy, warm nest, and a place of their work, and a space for rest and communication.
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Their wish list included a minimum number of wooden elements, no gray and no concrete. They prefer light interiors.
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This is how we designed an open space with an area of 34.8 square meters, which united the kitchen, dining room, and lounge area.
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Even white can be patchy. We relied on the dominant emerald color and various textures.
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Some of them are embodied in a wall covered with ceramic tiles, whose relief is emphasized by hidden LED ceiling lighting. Others are in wall panels, where the purity of the white rivals the sheen of old gold overlays.
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Although guests are infrequent in the house, we have created a fully fledged dining area, which on normal days can be reduced by putting together a table for cozy home dinners.
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To illuminate the dining room space, we chose a light sculpture by New York-based designer Beck Brittain Seeds.
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The lounge area is illuminated by overhead ceiling lights attached to a rail that is symmetrical to the carpet.
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The unifying color for the entire space is that very rich emerald color, whose bright hue looks especially advantageous among the white surroundings.
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An entrance hall and a corridor are located on an area of 17.6 square meters. We placed built-in wardrobes on them, inside one of them, in a niche there is a bench so that you can comfortably put on and take off your shoes.
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A bench is an important functional element. In her cabinet are stored shoe care products, and in the closets there are hats and scarves of all family members.
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We have made it so that almost every element of this monochrome apartment becomes an important detail that diversifies its design. Light strips built into the skirting boards help to organize navigation around the apartment.
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Built-in LED strips are especially useful when there are children in the family. Returning late in the evening with a child asleep in your arms, you can easily reach his bedroom without disturbing the baby's sleep.
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In total, the apartment has three bathrooms - two full areas of 4.7 and 3.2 square meters and one shower room of 1.8 square meters.
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We expanded the bathrooms and were able to organize storage space in them.
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Let's count together how many different light sources we designed - a decorative pendant chandelier, shelf lighting and the cherry on top of the cake is the underside lighting of the cabinet under the sink.
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Modern innovative technologies make it possible to design virtually seamless shower enclosures.
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Glass surfaces reflect light, do not crush the space, it looks more solid and larger.
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The rational layout of the bathroom allowed us to place in it, in addition to the shower cabin, a full-fledged bathroom, at the end of which we designed a niche with shelves.
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Someone will see the texture of real marble in the ornament of wall porcelain stoneware, but to us it seems similar to the drawing of the Swiss psychologist Rorschach.
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The pebbles near the washbasin cabinet are an effective decorative solution, as well as an opportunity to massage the soles of your feet to regain your spirits in the morning.
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We duplicated the texture of sea pebbles, which is located under the cabinet with a sink, placing it on the wall near the shower stall.
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In fact, there are no red police cars. Traditionally, they are blue, light blue, green and rarely yellow. Red is the color of firefighters. However, what cannot be done for the sake of the child and the realization of his dreams. Especially for the little owner of the room, we have designed a bed in the form of a police car.
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The children's area is slightly more than 14 square meters. We placed a workplace, recreation area, sports corner and storage systems on them.
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The children's palette is more diverse - here both fiery red and dusty turquoise. The walls of the room, and sports equipment, and wardrobes for clothes and books are decided in their colors.
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Did you think the room was too "mature" for a four-year-old toddler? We finished the design project and renovation just around the corner, and the interests and hobbies of children are changing rapidly.
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The geometric pattern of the carpet balances the decorative effect of the circular-rimmed ceiling lamp, bringing harmony to the interior.
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If you were surprised by the local muted color of the carpet, then exactly until that minute until you saw the wall map - its colors "collected" the entire palette of the room.
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So back to the police cars. Do you know who can rightfully be considered the real dandies in police fashion? Of course the Italians!
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Carabinieri race through Italian cities in the luxurious Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4. The company simply donated them to the defenders of justice, and even provided them with refrigerators and the necessary equipment to provide medical care.
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The bright colors and the bedroom of the apartment owners did not pass by. For her interior, we offered a bed in velvet emerald upholstery.
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The bed is undoubtedly an eye-catcher. The real magnet, however, is the wall behind her headboard. We have placed there a drawing that imitates the lush green of the jungle.
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The bright colors of the wall panel compensate for the restrained, almost ascetic design of the entire room. The cost of a design project in Kiev depends on the number of copyright, unique solutions developed for a specific space.
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In addition to the usual sleeping place, we have located on an area of 15.9 square meters, a TV cabinet, a TV, and a dressing table.
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On the right side of the bed is a wardrobe with transparent doors - this is how we, creating the effect of transparency, preserved the scale of the bedroom space. Our designers do everything to ensure that our projects are quickly implemented - they prepare the interior design of the apartments and the cost of all materials.
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We are trying to move away from central lighting in our bedrooms in favor of pendant lights for bedside.
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Our experience shows that central lighting in the bedroom remains unclaimed. Therefore, we suggest placing ceiling lights on either side of the bed. For this interior, we have chosen lamps in the form of water drops, as if falling on bright green leaves.
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Are you at a loss as to why we abandoned another living room? Firstly, we organized a separate guest bathroom, a bathroom for the boy and a separate bathroom for the apartment owners.
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It is in it that the dream of all those who, without a private home, dream of a bath or a sauna, is located - a steam room. The steam room allows you to relax after a busy day, or recover from a grueling workout. We create an interior design project, as well as implement a turnkey design renovation.
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The infrared cabin, which we have installed in one of the bathrooms, is an innovative solution for modern spa and wellness complexes. It is needed not only for recuperation, but also for the treatment of many immune diseases and problems associated with the musculoskeletal system.
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As for the finishing wall coverings, we used materials that were already found locally in the interior of this apartment - this is how we emphasized the unity of the style of the entire apartment.
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Details made of natural oak stand out favorably against the background of the boiling white walls of the bathroom and are combined with the natural texture of the infrared cabin. The cost of the design project also includes the specification of furniture, lighting, as well as any, the most unique equipment.
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The area of the apartment of 97 square meters allowed us to plan a rational space, clearly divided into a common area, accessible to guests, and a private area, where only the owners of the apartment can enter.
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