Alexis Kirk Black Leather Belt with Semi Precious Stones Buckle circa 1980s

Alexis Kirk black leather snakeskin belt, featuring a large silver plated buckle with lovely gold plated detail. The belt has an adjustable slide design and is maximum length 93cm / 36.6inches by width 3.75cm / 1.47 inches. The buckle measures length 16cm / 6.3 inches by width 7.6cm / 3 inches. There is some wear to the gold and silver plating. This is a luxurious and stylish designer belt...

Beautiful wide Moroccan silver and ebony cuff bracelet, featuring an etched design with small silver domes. It is handmade by Tuaregs, an ethnic people mainly inhabiting the Sahara ...

Vintage modernist brass and onyx belt buckle and leather belt from the 1980s...Unique large buckle is set with a black onyx cabochon...Marked made in Mexico...Original adjustable so...

A wide leather belt with sterling silver buckle and matching ornaments crafted by Graziella Laffi (1923-2009), Lima, Peru, circa 1965. The prominent silver articles feature the shape and motif rooted in pre-Columbian culture that inspired the artist's work. Mark on verso: PERU 950, extended size is 47 x 3 inches (119.4 x 7.6 cm) and weight is about 428 grams. Belt length adjustable between 27 to 38 inches. This lot with partially effaced Peruvian Cultural Ministry label to verso. Graziella Laffi was born in 1923 in Florence, Italy to Gino Laffi, a silversmith and artist. Following her family tradition, Graziella enrolled in master classes after elementary school, focusing on design and painting. She next attended Escuela de Bellas Artes de Puerta Romana for three years, where Gino taught, and then to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, where she concentrated in architecture until the start of World War II. In 1947, Graziella, then twenty-four, immigrated with her parents to Peru. Gino later created a silversmith studio and showroom called Fabrica Laffi on Avenue Mexico, where Graziella initially learned her Craft. The Pre-Columbian culture in her adopted country inspired Graziella to travel and collect, which ultimately influence her design in the silver pieces. Graziella learned the metalworking techniques of the ancient Peruvian civilizations and rejected the current technology. She mostly used hammering, rolling and creating joints as the ancients do. As an ambassador of Peruvian culture, her work promoted the indigenous Peruvian art and rekindled the interest in its ancient heritage throughout South America, the United States and Europe. She exhibited her growing collection of Peruvian artifacts...