The Collection

Golestan Chahar Bagh Bridal Ring

Collection

Golestan

Metal

18ct gold

Gemstone

Emerald

Motif

Chahar bagh

Occasion

Bridal

Craftsmanship

Made to order, by commission

Studio

Crafted in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

Shown as a design visualisation. Made to order, by commission.

The paradise gardens of Persia have inspired poets and emperors for three thousand years. I designed this ring to carry that same sense of sacred geometry into the most personal moment of a life: the promise of love. The Golestan Chahar Bagh Bridal Ring is a Signature-tier engagement solitaire in 18ct yellow gold, centred on a 1.2ct natural emerald (eye-clean, vivid medium green) bezel-set within a raised architectural frame. The frame itself is the design: four slender gold arches rise from the band to embrace the stone, forming a miniature Chahar Bagh, the four-part Persian paradise garden whose quadrant geometry has ordered Persian sacred space since the Achaemenid period. Between the arches, fine milgrain detailing references the tilework borders of Isfahan's Naqsh-e Jahan square. The inside of the band carries a micro-engraved line from Saadi's Golestan: گل بی خار نمی‌بینم و مهر بی آزار (I see no rose without a thorn, nor love without pain), set in Nasta'liq script - a private declaration invisible to the world, known only to the wearer. 18ct yellow gold, UK hallmarked

1.2ct natural emerald, vivid medium green, eye-clean, ethically sourced

Chahar Bagh four-arch setting, milgrain border detail

Micro-engraved Saadi couplet in Nasta'liq (inside band)

Ring width at shank: 2mm; setting height: 7mm

Made to order: 10 weeks In Persian garden design, the Chahar Bagh (چهارباغ, four gardens) is not decorative but cosmological: four streams flowing from a central pool represent the rivers of paradise. This ring places the emerald at that centre point, making the stone not merely a gemstone but the axis of a wearable paradise. I offer this piece for the buyer who wants their engagement ring to carry the weight of five thousand years of Persian thought about love, beauty, and the sacred. I take commissions for this design in any UK ring size and offer one alternative stone - a Grade A Persian turquoise cabochon from Neyshabur - for clients who wish to wear their heritage literally at the heart of the piece. Begin your commission here.