Fred Leighton is a celebrated New York estate and antique jewelry salon, famed since the 1970s for rare vintage and period pieces spanning the Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco eras. Acquired by Kwiat in 2014, it remains the city’s foremost destination for heirloom-quality antique jewels and red-carpet loans.

Kwiat is a New York fine-jewelry house founded in 1907 by Maurice Kwiat and later led by his sons Charles and Martin. Renowned for rare, superbly cut diamonds and coloured stones set in elegant, timeless designs, the family-run maison has dressed generations of collectors and red-carpet clients; its sister house Fred Leighton specializes in antique and estate jewelry.