Born during the Italian Futurist movement of the 1930s, Buccellati\u2019s Hawaii design has survived almost a century of change to become a house classic. As well as being a master goldsmith, founder Mario Buccellati, who established his business in 1919, at the Largo Santa Margherita in Milan, was an elegant...
Right, Buccellati Hawaii earrings with circles of green jade, 2016
Born during the Italian Futurist movement of the 1930s, Buccellati’s Hawaii design has survived almost a century of change to become a house classic. As well as being a master goldsmith, founder Mario Buccellati, who established his business in 1919, at the Largo Santa Margherita in Milan, was an elegant draughtsman with a graphic eye, a deft touch and a strong interest in modern art.
Fuelled by the early 20th century paintings of Giacomo Balla – energetic abstract representations of rapid industrialization, with graphic repetition depicting a sense of speed – Mario Buccellati was propelled to create a jeweller’s response. At a glance, his Hawaii neck chain of fine gold circles, each made from hand-twisted gold thread looked like a continuous tangle of industrial wire.
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