Paseo de Gràcia shines with the new Tiffany 'boutique'

A new jewel shop shines on Paseo de Gràcia in Barcelona. The iconic shopping thoroughfare shines a little brighter these days not only because of the Christmas lights, but also thanks to the boutique that glamorous Tiffany & Co has just inaugurated on the corner with Valencia street, on the opposite side of the Majestic Hotel. Many Barcelonans and tourists who have visited the city this Purísima bridge have come across the spectacular jewelry store, characterized by having six shop windows, an area of ​​almost 400 square meters and an interior decoration inspired by Antoni Gaudí.

Tiffany, an American brand that was recently acquired by the French luxury emporium LVMH, had a smaller store since 2010 located on the ground floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. The firm decided to change location and move to a much larger premises, at number 61 Paseo de Gràcia, taking advantage of the fact that CaixaBank chose to close one of its branches.

The premises are located in a building with 85 years of history and in it Tiffany has launched a new boutique design with which they want to pay homage to Barcelona by being inspired by the architecture of Gaudí. The mosaics on the ceiling of the so-called Collections Room stand out, where the jewels are exhibited. That same room is also presided over by some large Gaudí-inspired columns that play with the verticality of some large mirrors. Another of the boutique's distinctive elements is a large lamp inspired by the designs of Tiffany's legendary creative director during the second half of the 20th century, Jean Schlumberger.

In addition to this store on Paseo de Gràcia, in Spain, Tiffany owns two jewelry stores in Madrid, located on José Ortega y Gasset street and in El Corte Inglés on Paseo de la Castellana. Founded in New York in 1837 and famous throughout the world thanks to the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's, the firm owns more than 300 stores worldwide and LVMH paid $15.8 billion for it.