Tulle or Berbère
Buccellati · Repossi
Tulle
Tulle
A half-millimetre sheet of gold pierced by hand into hundreds of minute hexagonal cells, so the metal reads like net lace.
Berbère
Parallel rows of gold joined into a single ring, so one piece looks like a stack of bands.
Repossi strips the band down to parallel rows of gold; Buccellati saws it into a lattice. Tulle, a 1920s technique of Mario Buccellati's after Venetian needle lace, needs close to a month of handwork for a single plate before an engraver finishes it. Berbère, which made Gaia Repossi's name after 2007, relies on proportion, a few fused lines of pink or white gold, plain or paved. The Milan piece is about density of detail; the Paris piece about reduction.
| Fact | Tulle | Berbère |
|---|---|---|
| Designer | Mario Buccellati | Gaia Repossi |
| School | Milan & Valenza | Place Vendôme |
| Materials | yellow gold, white gold, diamond | rose gold, white gold, platinum, diamond, lacquer |
| Moves | No | stacks |
| From | Not published | Not published |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.
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