Tabbah is a bespoke

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company that was founded in 1862 and now is a family business owned and run by Nabil and Nagib Tabbah. Tabbah CEO and jewelry designer Nagib Tabbah

The company has made jewelry for the

Wedding of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and Charlene Wittstock The wedding of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and Charlene Wittstock took place on 1 and 2 July 2011 at the Prince's Palace of Monaco. The groom was the sovereign prince of the Principality of Monaco. The bride was a South African Olympic swimmer. ...

. Tabbah's international clientele during its over 150-year history include

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, Shirley Bassey, Elton John, Ibn Saud,

Mouna Ayoub Mouna Ayoub ( ar, منى أيوب) (born 27 February 1957 in Kuwait) is a French socialite and businesswoman of Lebanese origin. Frequently in the media, she is often a guest of the Cannes film festival and makes headlines in French gossip magazi ...

and Brooke Shields. During the 17th century, Tabbah started as a printer of patterned silk, and the jewelry house was later founded in 1862 in Beirut by Joseph Tabbah.

Nagib Tabbah

Nagib Tabbah is the chief designer and CEO of Tabbah. He is the great, great-grandson of Joseph Tabbah, the founder of the House of Tabbah. His family moved to

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in 1974. Nagib Tabbah was raised, spending time in the family's boutique

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. He graduated from the

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in 1991. Afterwards he joined the family headquarters in Switzerland and returned to Beirut in 1997. Nagib Tabbah designed the "Infinite Cascade" necklace for Charlene, Princess of Monaco for her wedding with Albert II, Prince of Monaco in 2011. The necklace is made of 18k rose gold set with 1,237 diamonds and 6 pear shaped white pearls. Maison Tabbah Necklace with diamonds and pearls

Maison Tabbah Necklace with diamonds and pearls

Boutiques

House of Tabbah boutique opened in Beirut, Lebanon on Allenby Street in 2014. More recently, Tabbah has expanded with points of sale in

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Geneva , neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier , website = https://www.geneve.ch/ Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...

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and

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and

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