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Buccellati: A Century of Timeless Beauty
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Since its establishment in Milan in 1919 by Mario Buccellati, a jeweler’s apprentice, the famed Italian jewelry house has developed and perfected its unique goldsmithing techniques over a century. Buccellati quickly became one of Italy’s most respected jewelers, with prestigious clientele includi...
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Alba Cappellieri is a Full professor at Milan Polytechnic, where she holds courses about Jewelry Design and Fashion Accessories. She is moreover Director of the International Master in Jewelry and Fashion Accessories at Poli Design, and she manages the Master in Brand and Product Management at the Milano Fashion Institute. Since 2014, she is Director of the Museo del Gioiello at the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza.
Franco Cologni is President of Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte (Cologni Foundation for the Métiers d’Art), which he founded in 1995 with the founding purpose to safeguard and promote the heritage of the artistic crafts of excellence. He is also founder of Creative Academy, an international school of design and creative management. In 2016, he founded the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship, whose objective is to promote and support craftsmanship at an international level, by creating job opportunities and supporting local cultures and savoir-faire.
Vivienne Becker is a multi-award winning journalist and author of many books about the history of jewelry design. Based in London, she collaborates with the magazine Financial Times How to Spend It, writes for newspapers and magazines worldwide and is lecturer and TV-speaker about these subjects. She has organized and written the catalogue for the first great jewelry exhibition of René Lalique and she curated Jewels of Fantasy, a travelling exhibition of bijouterie of the 20th century.
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The Buccellati story is an Italian story of beauty. More specifically, it is a Milanese story, one that symbolizes the city’s creativity, its craftsmanship, its traditions and its adventurous, innovative spirit.
— Alba Cappellieri
Page count
294 pages
Number of illustrations
over 250
Language
English
Released on
January 2022
Dimensions
W 11 x L 14 x D 2 in
Cover materials
Silk hardcover in a luxury slipcase
ISBN
9781614289722
Weight
9.0 lb
Author
Text by Alba Cappellieri, Preface by Franco Cologni, Introduction by Vivienne Becker
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