it’s taken over ten years to hone a process which transforms the world’s most delicate lace into a wearable heirloom.  The exquisite black lace we use is still made today in Northern France on the original 19th century looms. To create it, skilled weavers set up thousands of threads and watch and listen to their ‘running’ sound to ensure perfection. It’s a rare skill passed down the generations – as is the hand knotting required to finish it.

and from there to Hatton Garden, London's historic jewellery quarter, our silver pieces arrive for finishing and hallmarking. This process dates from the time when assurance was needed by the Crown that silver coins were sufficiently silver and had not been substituted with lesser metals. The Assay Office in London, established in the 14th century, has granted us our own Lily Gardner hallmark, a testimony to the quality of the silver we use.