Angela Caputi Pearlized Silver Resin Necklace

This stunning Angela Caputi choker necklace was made in Italy. The piece features a modernist-inspired design with geometric resin elements. The three large, rounded donut beads are ...

This lovely Angela Caputi, made in Italy, resin necklace works on black and burgundy-red contrast. The choker features chunky carved pebble beads and three square-shaped donut beads ...

This stunning Angela Caputi, made-in-Italy, resin choker necklace features a multi-strand design with a dominant mouse gray color contrasted with a black tone. The necklace is adorne...

This impressive Angela Caputi, made-in-Italy resin necklace features a sculptural Japanese-inspired oversized design. The rare piece is built with faux-ceramic beads in an off-white ...

A bespoken sterling silver necklace with five roundel bell shape of gradual sizes linked by joint chains, designed and made by Graziella Laffi (1923-2009), Lima, Peru, circa 1965. The subtly hammered roundels evoke a sense of history with the form found in pre-Columbian culture, yet the necklace appears beyond ethnic, it exuberates a confident and bold modernism. The necklace with Peruvian Cultural Ministry label to verso. Graziella Laffi was born in 1923 in Florence, Italy to Gino Laffi, a silversmith and artist. Following her family tradition, Graziella enrolled in master classes after elementary school, focusing on design and painting. She next attended Escuela de Bellas Artes de Puerta Romana for three years, where Gino taught, and then to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, where she concentrated in architecture until the start of World War II. In 1947, Graziella, then twenty-four, immigrated with her parents to Peru. Gino later created a silversmith studio and showroom called Fabrica Laffi on Avenue Mexico, where Graziella initially learned her Craft. The Pre-Columbian culture in her adopted country inspired Graziella to travel and collect, which ultimately influence her design in the silver pieces. Graziella learned the metalworking techniques of the ancient Peruvian civilizations and rejected the current technology. She mostly used hammering, rolling and creating joints as the ancients do. As an ambassador of Peruvian culture, her work promoted the indigenous Peruvian art and rekindled the interest in its ancient heritage throughout South America, the United States and Europe. She exhibited her growing collection of Peruvian artifacts...

The “Shell” choker is part of our jewelry collection. All our sterling silver pieces of jewelry are handmade: it means that none is like the other. As a ...

A wonderful modernist silver necklace with 9 pierced spheres threaded through with curly silver rods

Unusual Bakelite and sterling necklace set with pastes from the 1930s. Black bakelite squares are set with pave ronds and triple navette spacers. The motif is 12" long with an additi...