Mario Buccellati Bangles
A love of tradition set Mario Buccellati and his fine jewelry house apart in the competitive Italian market and remains a point of pride for the family.
In 1919, Mario launched Buccellati with the opening of his first shop in Milan and quickly built a reputation for his richly embellished traforato, or finely pierced goldwork. The Ancona, Italy–born jeweler’s workmanship was in a class of its own. His rings, earrings, bracelets and other accessories were exquisite, yet the gemstones themselves were never too flashy, elevated instead by the designs’ intricate metalsmithing.
Today the Buccellati family is still closely tied to the business even as it is now owned by Richemont, a luxury conglomerate that also counts Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels among its subsidiaries.
A young Mario Buccellati apprenticed with famed goldsmith Beltrami e Besnati in the early 1900s, although many of the goldsmithing techniques synonymous with Buccellati go as far back as the Italian Renaissance. The family lineage is also said to include 18th-century jeweler Contardo Buccellati.
Owing to the founder’s advanced metalworking skills, the brand is known for designs that feature metal with the delicacy of lace and draw on the wonders of the natural world. The house’s work is typified by intricate gemstone settings that emphasize their natural color and dense engraving techniques that transform the texture of gold.
One of the time-honored engraving techniques that has come to characterize Buccellati’s work — techniques that require apprenticeships and training in the fine jeweler’s workshops — is called rigato. It involves the engraving of a precious metal with a series of parallel lines to achieve a fabric-like effect.
Rigato is on luminous display in the house’s Macri collection of earrings, cuff bracelets and other accessories. A painstaking attention to detail is pronounced in the celebrated Macri, Bartolomeo and Unica collections — witness the striking honeycomb motif, a house signature, that characterizes the Unica collection’s Caterina bracelet, for example.
The Macri collection was the work of Mario’s son, Gianmaria Buccellati, an award-winning jeweler and internationally renowned silversmith who worked to bring the brand to the global stage by overseeing the opening of boutiques in Tokyo, Paris, California and elsewhere.
In 1951, Mario opened his first store in New York City; today the company operates boutiques worldwide. In 2019, the company celebrated its centennial with a new flagship in Paris and the Vintage collection, which features some of its most enduring designs.
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1960s Italian Artisan Vintage Mario Buccellati Bangles
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Mario Buccellati Bangles
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s Italian Vintage Mario Buccellati Bangles
Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Mario Buccellati Bangles
Emerald, Gold, Silver
20th Century Mario Buccellati Bangles
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Mario Buccellati Bangles
Diamond, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s Indian Artisan Vintage Mario Buccellati Bangles
Ruby, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
2010s American Contemporary Mario Buccellati Bangles
18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Mario Buccellati Bangles
18k Gold, White Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Contemporary Mario Buccellati Bangles
18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Contemporary Mario Buccellati Bangles
Citrine, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
Early 2000s American Contemporary Mario Buccellati Bangles
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Mario Buccellati Bangles
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Dutch Modern Mario Buccellati Bangles
Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Artisan Mario Buccellati Bangles
18k Gold
2010s Greek Byzantine Mario Buccellati Bangles
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1970s Italian Vintage Mario Buccellati Bangles
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Mario Buccellati Bangles
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s Italian Vintage Mario Buccellati Bangles
Emerald, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Contemporary Mario Buccellati Bangles
18k Gold, Rose Gold, Sterling Silver
1960s Italian Vintage Mario Buccellati Bangles
Jade, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, 24k Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Mario Buccellati Bangles
Diamond, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mario Buccellati Bangles
Diamond, Sapphire
1980s Italian Vintage Mario Buccellati Bangles
Diamond, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Mario Buccellati Bangles
Ruby, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Mario Buccellati Bangles
Sterling Silver
1950s Italian Vintage Mario Buccellati Bangles
Diamond, Yellow Gold
1950s Italian Vintage Mario Buccellati Bangles
Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold