Italy’s Finest Designers Show Off Their Latest Gold Creations

Italy has long been a land of exceptional jewelry, a country of unique regions with their own enduring styles. Many of today’s Italian masterworks, including pieces of woven or coiled gold articulated in bold designs and whimsical forms, reflect the nation’s rich goldsmithing history—but with a distinctly contemporary bent. These highly original creations depict a diverse and dynamic jewelry culture that seems to have no bounds.

Italian jewelers are known for shaping gold in unique forms with uncommon textures, as seen here: Vhernier rose-gold-and-ebony necklace, $7,700, and white-gold-and-diamond earrings, $19,750 (vhernier.it); 1884 black-zirconium cuff with vintage Roman coin, rose gold, and diamonds, $8,400 (1884collection.com; at Neiman Marcus, neimanmarcus.com); Mattioli rose-gold ring with brown diamonds, $7,000 (mattioligioielli.it; at Neiman Marcus, neimanmarcus.com); Marco Bicego hand-coiled gold ring, $4,160 (marcobicego.com).

Gold takes on myriad finishes and textures in these striking designs (clockwise from top): Buccellati white-and-yellow-gold cuff with diamonds, $62,000, and white-and-yellow-gold diamond bangle, $42,000 (buccellati.com); Roberto Coin gold bangle, $7,600, and white-and-rose-gold stretch bangle with diamonds, $4,200 (us.robertocoin.com); Carolina Bucci woven gold cuff with pearls, $10,500 (carolinabucci.com).

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