OntwerperDanishgeb.1973
Charlotte Lynggaard
15 actieve items
Charlotte Lynggaard was born in 1966 in Copenhagen into a family already shaping Danish fine jewelry. Her father, Ole Lynggaard, had founded Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen in 1963, and growing up inside a working jewelry house gave Charlotte an intimate understanding of materials and craft long before she trained formally. She began her professional career in Paris, working at an advertising agency focused on high-end goods, an experience that sharpened her understanding of brand positioning and the relationship between craftsmanship and desire.
In 1987 she returned to the family business as a goldsmith's apprentice, learning the craft from the ground up - bench work, stone setting, metal forming, and the practical logic that separates a drawn design from a wearable piece. That technical grounding has remained central to her approach: she designs with the knowledge of exactly how each material will behave, how far it can be worked, and how it interacts with adjacent materials. In 1994 she launched her first collection, Bees and Flowers, a debut that immediately established the directional vocabulary she would develop over the following decades - handcrafted forms drawn from organic life, rendered in 18k gold and colored stones.
The collections that followed built a coherent design language rooted in the natural world. The Nature collection, the Leaves collection, the Lotus series, and the Dew Drop line each translate specific botanical or elemental phenomena into wearable form. The Leaves collection, which grew partly from her daily walks in the forest near her home, became one of the house's most enduring lines. Pieces are typically cast or hand-formed in 18k gold, often set with diamonds, colored gemstones, or moonstone, and many are designed with interchangeable or detachable elements that allow a single piece to shift register between casual and formal wear.
In 2008 the house received the Royal Warrant as Purveyor to the Danish Royal Court, a distinction earned after 25 years of service to the Danish royal family. Charlotte designed the Midnight Tiara - composed of silver, 18k rose and white gold, 1,340 brilliant-cut diamonds, and 31 specially cut moonstones, requiring over 300 hours of handwork - which was exhibited at the Amalienborg Royal Palace Museum in 2009 and subsequently worn by Crown Princess Mary (now Queen Mary of Denmark) on official occasions. In 2022 Charlotte extended her practice beyond jewelry, designing the "North Sea" tableware collection for Svenskt Tenn, the Stockholm interior design house, encompassing tablecloths, napkins, placemats, trays, and napkin rings.
At auction, Charlotte Lynggaard pieces appear almost exclusively through Danish houses, with Bruun Rasmussen in Lyngby accounting for 24 of the 37 indexed lots. The 2 currently active listings sit within a secondary market concentrated in rings, necklaces, and pendants. Top recorded auction prices include 14,359 SEK for a Leaves ring in 18k gold and 10,000 DKK for a Blooming ring set with aquamarine. The Nature and Leaves collections dominate secondary market supply, confirming their standing as the pieces buyers return to.