This year, Damiani pays tribute to its hundred-year history, a story of family, craftsmanship, creativity and passion: truly unique all-Italian values that the Damiani family has always safeguarded and preserved. A tribute to Italian excellence that Damiani embodies through its masterpieces of the goldsmith’s art, defined by a unique and distinctive style. For this Centenary, the Damiani family has chosen to exhibit a precious collection of rare stones – natural works of art with an extraordinary history that majestically come to life through a skillful act of creation by the master goldsmiths of Valenza, custodians of the goldsmith’s art since 1924.
Bell Époque
The Belle Époque collection is a splendid artistic manifestation of History which encapsulates the capacity to look to the past but with an eye on the future to become an interpretation of its own time. In celebration of the Maison’s centenary, the skilled goldsmiths of Valenza have created Belle Époque Frame, a white gold bracelet whose geometric perfection entwines with its extraordinarily impeccable aesthetics. The motif of the film reel is taken up in a sublimely precious and dynamic alternation of diamonds and fancy diamonds. Light reigns supreme in this work of High Jewelry art – the same light that brought cinema to life – is here enhanced by a pavé of diamonds embellishing the seventeen square frames that make up the jewel.
Fantasy Cut
The Fantasy Cut collection represents the Maison’s passion for its history, its savoir-faire and for the beauty of the raw materials that the goldsmiths of Valenza forge with their extraordinary skills. Among the creations designed to celebrate Damiani’s centenary is the striking and magnificent Fantasy Cut The Damiani Green Treasure of Muzo, an extraordinary jewelry piece that blends elegance with tradition. Enriched with emerald-cut and brilliant-cut diamonds, this luxurious white gold necklace features a pendant set which is a true wonder of nature: a majestic Muzo emerald of almost 64 carats whose intense green colour – a tribute to the lush rainforest – makes it truly extraordinary. Another peculiar aspect of this unique jewel is its versatility: the pendant can be removed and worn in a variety of ways.
Margherita
Conceived in the 1920s as a tribute to the Queen of Italy, Margherita of Savoy by the founder Enrico Grassi Damiani, the Margherita collection is a sublime expression of the Maison’s creativity. Among the creations designed to celebrate Damiani’s centenary is the extraordinary and striking Margherita Desert Garden, a necklace that pays tribute to the beauty of nature and the enchanting colours of a desert sunrise. Symbolizing the Maison’s creativity, a precious composition in yellow gold sprinkled with leaves and entwined with flowers is adorned by an extraordinary drop-cut fancy diamond. This ultra-rare gem stands out for its exceptional deep brown-yellow hue and its impressive carat weight of over 20 carats. The necklace is skillfully embellished with brown diamonds and emeralds, creating a sumptuous carpet on which daisies made from white diamonds and a central fancy yellow diamond are gracefully laid.
Mimosa
Damiani’s extraordinary artisan vocation reaches its highest expression in the iconic Mimosa collection. Encapsulated in the ‘apparent chaos’ of these refined creations, an innovative technique harmoniously combines stones of different sizes and cuts, expressing the Maison’s sublime genius through a design that comes to life three-dimensionally. The Mimosa line is at the heart of the celebratory collection that the Maison has created for its centenary. Highlighting the beauty of the Eternal Blue necklace is a majestic, 100-carat, cushion-cut sapphire that expresses Damiani’s craftsmanship excellence and historical tradition. A masterpiece of nature with its far-away origins draws the eye with its magnetic royal blue hue, enhanced in all its splendour by the diamonds that encircle it in an embrace of light.
A unique masterpiece whose strong, versatile personality allows it to be worn in a variety of ways: as a sumptuous necklace, as a more minimal pendant on a diamond-studded white gold chain, and finally as a luxurious brooch.
