CHANEL Paris / BYZANCE Emerald Jewel Mosaic Tweed Coat 40 FR

CHANEL · Emerald Jewel Mosaic Tweed Coat with CC Gripoix Buttons

 — Paris / BYZANCE 2011 Métiers d’Art, Karl Lagerfeld

• An acquisition. Not a trend. A relic with investment gravity •

— As seen on Princess Caroline of Monaco 

• Status: museum-level, ultra-collectible (mythology-tier)

— A Paris–Byzance relic that does not merely reference Byzantium — it revives it in 
Chanel’s own language: emerald as sacred stone, sequins as starlit dust, mosaic as
 imperial border, Gripoix as seal

— This is Métiers d’Art at its most absolute: a garment built like a reliquary,
 meant to be worn rarely, preserved carefully, and read like a cultural objecy

// Size mark 40 FR / Condition: never worn // 

— House Codes · Material Authority — 
• Masterpiece Lesage tweed in deep emerald — noble, mineral, eternal

• Hand-embellished with the tiniest shimmering sequins — a controlled constellation 
embedded into the weave, radiance as craft

— Byzantine Mosaic · Couture as Icon — 

• Mosaic-like jewel pieces along the collar and sleeves — gilded tesserae translated 
into wearable border-work

• The collar reads like an imperial crown line; the sleeves like bracers — Byzantium
 rendered in Chanel proportion, never costume, always doctrine

— Jewels · Seals · Talisman Hardware — 

• Art-like Gripoix jewel buttons with CC logos, stone-embellished — closures as relic
 seals, not decoration

— Silhouette · Presence —

• A composed coat line that lets the surface speak — structure held in restraint,
 opulence organized

• The embellishment frames the body as an icon is framed: border defining aura

• Tonal silk lining inside — private completion, where drape and comfort resolve 
into certainty.