What is the name of the famous Cartier necklace originally made for the Maharaja of Patiala?

The famous Cartier necklace originally made for the Maharaja of Patiala is the Patiala Necklace.

Maharaja Bhupinder Singh commissioned Cartier to create it in 1925, and the completed necklace was delivered in 1928. It formed part of the largest single order Cartier had received at that time, combining diamonds, Burmese rubies and a dramatic multi-strand design.

The necklace originally contained 2,930 diamonds. Its centrepiece was the De Beers Diamond, a huge yellow diamond weighing 234.65 carats in its finished setting. The piece disappeared from the Patiala royal treasury around 1948 and was later dismantled, with many of its most valuable stones missing.

In 1998, Cartier associate Eric Nussbaum found part of the necklace in a London shop. Cartier acquired and restored the incomplete jewel, using replacement stones and a replica of the original centre diamond. “Patiala necklace” is the canonical name; the other options are not established names for this famous Cartier commission.