Mouawad is a privately held multinational jewelry and timepiece company that sources diamonds and gemstones, designs, manufacturers, and sells jewelry collections, objects of art, and luxury watches.The firm has headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, with a Middle East headquarters at Jumeirah Lakes Towers in Dubai. Founded in 1891 in Beirut, Lebanon by David Mouawad.
Belong to the genial creativity of this maison the most expensive bag in the world, the “Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse”, valued at $3.8 million.
The heart-shaped bag is encrusted with more than 4,517 diamonds (105 yellow, 56 pink and 4,356 colorless). The diamonds on the bag weigh a whopping total of 381.92 carats.
The bag was handcrafted from 18-carat gold. It took 10 artisans, working over a period of four months, an incredible 8.800 hours to create the purse.