The diamond necklace from Chanel’s 1932 jewelry collection is named Comète.
Comète was one of the celestial designs associated with Bijoux de Diamants, Gabrielle Chanel’s first and only high-jewelry collection created during her lifetime. The collection was presented in 1932 through an exhibition financed by the International Diamond Corporation of London. Chanel treated diamonds as a fashion material rather than merely as traditional symbols of wealth.
The Comète design evokes a comet or shooting star, using radiating diamond forms to create movement across the body. That celestial idea fitted Chanel’s broader fascination with stars, constellations, and the freedom suggested by jewelry that could be worn in flexible ways. The collection also included other celestial imagery, but Comète is the specific name attached to the famous comet-shaped necklace.
Readers may encounter the word Comète today as the name of an entire Chanel fine-jewelry collection, not only one historical necklace. Chanel later revived the motif, so modern Comète pieces are inspired by the 1932 designs rather than necessarily being surviving originals from that exhibition.