Mrs Cabot’s rings
In our special supplement, we pair characters from fiction with truly imaginative – but entirely real – jewellery. Here, it’s John Cheever’s Mrs Cabot with rings in diamond, emerald and agate
“It was a winter afternoon, an early-winter afternoon. Mrs Cabot washed her diamonds and hung them out to dry. She then went upstairs to take a nap.”
The Jewels of the Cabots
by John Cheever
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