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Ella Gafter Diamond Sapphire Pearl Lariat Necklace Set

Name: Ella Gafter Diamond Sapphire Pearl Lariat Necklace Set
Brand: Ella Gafter
Price: 92000 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

The necklace set features 2 identical necklaces of slightly different length, one with a white South Sea pearl (17mm diameter) at the center, the other with a Tahitian pearl (16mm diameter). All our pearls are untreated: neither their color nor their luster has been enhanced in any way. Each pearl is attached to a bell-like design that in turn suspends a cascade of sapphire briolettes of various pastel colors (total weight of approximately 60 carats). Please note that each sapphire has its own setting with the result that the stones cascade in orderly fashion, rather than moving around to excess. The chains feature diamond motifs. The total weight of round diamonds of top quality (F-G/VVS) is approximately 7 carats. The set has been hand made in our own workshop in Italy according to an original design by Ella Gafter. Each lariat is signed EG.

Creator:

Ella Gafter

Metal:

18k Gold,White Gold

Stone:

Diamond,Pearl,White Diamond,Black Pearl,South Sea Pearl,Sapphire

Stone Cut:

Brilliant Cut

Sold As:

Set of 2

Style:

Artist

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

21st Century

Date of Manufacture:

Unknown

Condition:

Seller Location:

New York, NY

Reference Number:

Seller: 1421/14221stDibs: LU80238075241

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Ella Gafter

Even before Ella Gafter founded her namesake jewelry collection in 1982, she was a formidable presence in the jewelry industry.

As a Rome-based gem dealer, Gafter sold pearls and precious stones to retailers and jewelers but was often dissatisfied with how they made use of the rare materials she worked so hard to source. Instead of grousing, she decided to design jewels that would do them justice, focusing primarily on pearls — akoya, Tahitian and South Sea. She explains her fascination with the lustrous marine treasures simply: “Every woman looks better with pearls than without.”

Her daughter Talila Gafter, then an undergrad at Harvard, was her ally in getting the project off the ground. Together, they made the rounds to stores with Ella’s first efforts. “We had a little pouch with eight pieces and we sold everything,” Talila tells 1stDibs. After graduation, she “was involved one hundred percent” in building the company, whose pieces are handmade by master jewelers in Naples.

The designer insists that her unwavering focus is the source of her success. “There’s no compromising for me,” she says. She’s been known to replace the pearls in a single piece time after time until she’s certain she’s achieved her ideal result. “A pearl you have to respect,” she explains. “You have to put it where it wants to sit.”

Ella describes the collaboration with her daughter as a “partnership,” with each having her own domain. “I’m all fantasy; Talila is the concrete one,” she says. The company is now based in New York City, with Talila as its president while Ella is firmly at the helm of creative decisions. “I’ve never made a design suggestion to Ella,” says Talila. “Nobody does.”

That forbearance has been earned, says Talila. “I admire that Ella doesn’t take no for an answer, her tenacity, her extraordinary ambition. She believes as long as there is life, there is a lot of beauty to create. She’s a force of nature.”

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