How to Use cabochon in a Sentence

cabochon

noun
  • The crown is set with an orange opal cabochon, echoing the golden color of the bird’s bill.
    Carol Besler, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • An amethyst cabochon sits in beautiful contrast on the crown.
    Nancy Olson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Where are the Schlumberger bangles and the Paloma cabochons?
    Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Among the 60 new creations on view is a cabochon ring nestled in a bed of baguettes and bracelet whose rubies and diamonds are laid out as a labyrinth.
    Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2019
  • The watch is finished with a green tsavorite cabochon-cut crown and green alligator strap.
    Roberta Naas, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The other is paved with 1,060 emeralds and completed with two ruby cabochon eyes.
    Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Inset geode halves, turquoise cabochons along with seed beads of black, blue, turquoise, white and gray fill the contours of an otherwise ghostly type figure - the hollow skull of a longhorn bull’s head.
    Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2017
  • More wearable, perhaps, is a pendant in 14-karat yellow gold, topped with a round cabochon amethyst and ending in 19 pave-set full-cut round diamonds.
    Fortune, 17 May 2018
  • The 32 mm Cartier model, pictured on Glover in a suave 18-karat yellow gold, features a sapphire cabochon and a gold sunray dial.
    Louisa Ballhaus, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Her first panther jewel—a gold and enamel panther brooch set with a cabochon emerald—was crafted for the Duchess of Windsor, Wallace Simpson, in 1948.
    Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The range is by Wolf, the pendants are by Circa Lighting, the custom island has a Calacatta marble top, and the flooring is limestone with black-marble cabochons.
    Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Perched atop the expansive hood, the Spirit of Ecstasy ornament sprouts out of amethyst cabochons, a term for when a gem is polished into a rounded form instead of faceted like the gems on many wedding rings.
    Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Queen Máxima also wore emerald earrings and the emerald parure brooch from the emerald parure, worn as a pendant on a diamond necklace and capped with the large cabochon emerald pendant.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2019
  • The standout features are dials decorated with Roman numerals cut directly in jasper, jade, and dumortierite, to match the colors of the cabochons on the winding crowns.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Meanwhile the Parhelia ring is centered with a 21.51-carat sapphire cabochon surrounded by five semi-circles of radiant diamonds that fan out from each side of the center stone.
    Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 27 June 2021
  • The piece’s elegant white dial provides an elegant contrast to the lacquered burgundy case (a first for the brand), alongside silver Roman numerals and a beaded crown set with a ruby cabochon.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Gucci Necklace with cabochon and crystal pendant, $2,250, select Gucci stores.
    James Love, Essence, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The display is distinguished by gold hands, as well as alternating Roman numerals and cabochon indexes.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Here: the Magnitude necklace with 107-plus carats of Mozambique ruby beads mixed with cabochon rubies, watercolor tourmalines, turquoise amazonites, onyx, and diamonds.
    Vogue, 9 July 2019
  • Bergman reportedly chose Bulgari jewels to telegraph her character’s affluence, picking out a platinum-and-diamond necklace with a 70.75-carat emerald cabochon and a gold-​and-​diamond parure from the brand’s Via Condotti store in Rome.
    Vanessa Lawrence, ELLE Decor, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Platinum flower power necklace with cabochon paraiba tourmaline center and marquis emerald,sapphire, ruby, and amethyst petals, $2,300.
    Micaela English, Town & Country, 23 Mar. 2015
  • The modern look of the jewel, and more specifically the central sapphire, is reminiscent of Elizabeth Taylor’s Bulgari diamond and platinum necklace set with a 52.72-carat sugarloaf cabochon sapphire, pictured here.
    Marion Fasel, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 May 2017
  • The show features 42 vendors displaying mineral specimens, faceted precious and semi-precious stones along with polished cabochons, lapidary rough, fossils, and handmade and vintage jewelry.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2023
  • Colombian emeralds are paired with rock crystal; purple sapphires and garnets surround a volcanic matrix opal; rubies play with amazonite; brilliant-cut diamonds encircle a cabochon-cut rutilated quartz.
    The Editors, Town & Country, 17 Jan. 2020
  • With a peach-pit-size cabochon emerald centered in a dangling frame, the necklace’s contemporary geometry is complemented by an intricate, diamond-bejeweled chain.
    T Magazine, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2017

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