 Items of jewellery with a link motif – "lien" is French for "link" – feature in the Chaumet archives dating from the "Belle Époque".The first "Liens" collection appeared in the 1970s with the "Lien" ring, a band encircled by a golden buckle at its centre, created in 1977.A few years later, diamonds were added to the band and the ring was produced in white gold with a double band.