Tulle or Elsa Peretti Bone Cuff
Buccellati · Tiffany & Co.
Tulle
A half-millimetre sheet of gold pierced by hand into hundreds of minute hexagonal cells, so the metal reads like net lace.
Elsa Peretti Bone Cuff
A cuff modelled on the bones of the wrist, its edges rolled and its surface dipped, so the metal reads as anatomy rather than ornament.
Venice lent Mario Buccellati his idea in the 1920s: the floral needle lace of the lagoon, translated into gold sheet pierced with hundreds of tiny hexagons. Elsa Peretti took hers from the body, the wrist bones she modelled in 1970. Tulle is nearly weightless to the eye, its metal a fraction of a millimetre thick and more air than gold; the Bone Cuff is dense and continuous, a single cast shape holding the arm. Both designers were Italian; one idea stayed in Milan, the other went to New York.
| Fact | Tulle | Elsa Peretti Bone Cuff |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced | — | 1970 |
| Designer | Mario Buccellati | Elsa Peretti |
| School | Milan & Valenza | New York |
| Materials | yellow gold, white gold, diamond | silver, yellow gold |
| Moves | No | No |
| From | Not published | €2,200 |
| Top of line | — | €81,000 |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.
More with Tulle
- Tulle or Tubogas Bulgari
- Tulle or The Cable Collection David Yurman
- Tulle or B.zero1 Bulgari
- Tulle or Ice Cube Chopard
More with Elsa Peretti Bone Cuff
- Elsa Peretti Bone Cuff or Tubogas Bulgari
- Elsa Peretti Bone Cuff or The Cable Collection David Yurman
- Elsa Peretti Bone Cuff or B.zero1 Bulgari
- Elsa Peretti Bone Cuff or Ice Cube Chopard