Gold Inspirations : Jewellery Style Magazine

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Gold Trends - Gold Connoisseurship

TREND LETTER – GOLD CONNOISSEURSHIP

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In the world of luxury, the ever-escalating quest for individuality has bred a rich new age of connoisseurship and a new elite of dedicated, discerning collectors, looking at fine jewels as true works of art, desperately seeking out the rarefied work of artist-goldsmiths around the world. Their focus is on the perfect blend of creative expression, exquisite technical virtuosity and ravishing materials, epitomised by gold. Florentine goldsmith Torrini recalls Medici connoisseurship with the Renaissance-inspired Oro Nativo texture of their Leaf Collection, while Fraccari’s Odio and Amore collection, hung with flowers, hearts and daggers, the symbols of passion, celebrates Vicenza’s traditions of excellence.

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Fuelled by massive new wealth, and echoing the great goldsmiths’ patrons of the Renaissance, today’s connoisseurship is characterised by educated, cultivated refinement, cultural depths and the art of choice, through which collectors define their own identities and make strong statements about their values, knowledge and taste. In response, contemporary goldsmithing nurtures new intense artistry made possible by ingenious ways of integrating new technology with age-old hand-craftsmanship, as seen in the splendour of Quadri’s Saturno collection, and the creative spirit of Sidra’s opulent Oriental Bloom collection. This shows how gold, eternal and inspiring, as ever, shapes the new cult of connoisseurship.