Hawaii
Hawaii
Hundreds of tiny rings, each coiled by hand from twisted gold thread and linked like the flowers of a lei, so a necklace moves like knitted cord.
- Designer
- Mario Buccellati
- Idea
- The chain as the piece, the knot and the link
- School
- Milan & Valenza
- Materials
- yellow gold, white gold, rose gold, diamond, opal, chalcedony, jade
The story
Mario Buccellati drew Hawaii in the 1930s from the flower garlands of the islands. Each small circle is made from fine gold thread twisted back on itself, filo ritorto, then enchained to its neighbours by hand. In 1990 Andrea Buccellati extended the necklaces into earrings and bracelets, and later versions add diamonds or interlace the gold with opal, chalcedony or jade.
If you love Hawaii
On the map
Tiffany HardWear
From €1,800
Pepita
From €90
Catene
From €8,100
Elsa Peretti Diamonds by the Yard
From €1,250
Skinny
From €5,900
Africa
From €950
Granelli
From €50Marrakech
Marrakech
Side by side
- Hawaii or Elsa Peretti Diamonds by the Yard Tiffany & Co.
- Hawaii or Parentesi Bulgari
- Hawaii or Granelli DoDo
- Hawaii or Pepita DoDo
- Hawaii or Skinny Messika
- Hawaii or Tiffany HardWear Tiffany & Co.
- Hawaii or Catene Pomellato
Sources
- buccellati.com designer
- sothebys.com origin
- lideamagazine.com origin
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