14ct yellow gold, 1.25ct natural pale green diamond, pink sapphire baguette, white diamond pave, lacquer enamel.
One of a Colour: SOLD. Contact to commission a new colourway. Please note that the listed price is approximate and may vary depending on size and weight. To learn more about commissioning your own treasured one-of-a-kind piece, please contact rossella@alicecicolini.com
The form for the Kimono Petal Diamond Shield first manifested as a pair of earrings Alice made in 2016, drawn from her long-standing fascination with symbolic florals found in antique Japanese kimono. “There’s a gentleness in those patterns that has always moved me”, and she finds herself returning to them again and again, like familiar places in a dream. In these earlier pieces, the petals intersected with inspiration from Georgian jewels, geometric borders that surrounded cameos, accented on the compass by baguettes. The palette was black, pink and green, a staple favourite she returns to time and again.
She created this new version for Goldsmiths’ Fair, wanting to trace a thread across time, exploring how an idea can live, shift, evolve. The enamel technique is plique-à-jour, one of the most complex and delicate in the enameller’s repertoire. Here, the colour is held in fine gold cells with no backing, like miniature stained glass windows. The light pours through it. It’s a technique she has loved for years, one that René Lalique made famous in the early 20th century, and one that continues to feel entirely modern in its transparency and grace.
14ct yellow gold, 1.25ct natural pale green diamond, pink sapphire baguette, white diamond pave, lacquer enamel.
One of a Colour: SOLD. Contact to commission a new colourway. Please note that the listed price is approximate and may vary depending on size and weight. To learn more about commissioning your own treasured one-of-a-kind piece, please contact rossella@alicecicolini.com
The form for the Kimono Petal Diamond Shield first manifested as a pair of earrings Alice made in 2016, drawn from her long-standing fascination with symbolic florals found in antique Japanese kimono. “There’s a gentleness in those patterns that has always moved me”, and she finds herself returning to them again and again, like familiar places in a dream. In these earlier pieces, the petals intersected with inspiration from Georgian jewels, geometric borders that surrounded cameos, accented on the compass by baguettes. The palette was black, pink and green, a staple favourite she returns to time and again.
She created this new version for Goldsmiths’ Fair, wanting to trace a thread across time, exploring how an idea can live, shift, evolve. The enamel technique is plique-à-jour, one of the most complex and delicate in the enameller’s repertoire. Here, the colour is held in fine gold cells with no backing, like miniature stained glass windows. The light pours through it. It’s a technique she has loved for years, one that René Lalique made famous in the early 20th century, and one that continues to feel entirely modern in its transparency and grace.
