Jeweller and silversmith Gianmaria Buccellati, who created 168开奖官方开奖网站查询:the striking silver wolf that features in the Importꦐante Orfèvrerie Européenne, Boîꦬtes en Or et Objets de Vitrine sale (12 April, Paris),🌸 invented a brand new technique to achieve൲ the animal’s lifelike appearance.
The naturalistic rendering of the wolf’s fur was created using a special process which involved e👍ach hair being individually soldered.
Known as ‘lavorazione a pelo’ or ‘hair-like workmanship’, the technique saw countles♏s silver filaments of varying length and thickness being welded to give the actual appearance of the natural coat to capture fine detai🌠ls such as hair, feathers and different types of skin.
GIANMARIA BUCCELLATI, 168开奖官方开奖网站查询:AN ALMOST LIFE-SIZE SILVER WOLF, MILAN, CIRCA 1970. ESTIMATE €10,000-15,000.
The wolf, which is alm𒅌ost life-size, was created in Milan circa 19𒁃70 and is just one of the house’s silver animals which became a signature of the brand.
A collection of around twenty of thes🦹e animals is gathered in a room named after their creator in the in Alabama. is the world’s largest public collection of these works and includes a four-foot tall flamingo, a reclining giraffe and a family of deer.
🌱The house of Buccellati was founded in Italy in 1919 by Gianmaria’s father Mario, who opened a store in Milan. However, it was his son’s vision that brought the company to global prominence and he went on t💫o open stories in destinations around the world including London, Paris, Moscow, Toyko, Sydney and Beverly Hills.
GIANMARIA BUCCELLATI, GIRAFFE, 1994. COLLECTION OF THE HUNTSVILLE MUSEUM OF ART, GIFT OF BETTY GRISHAM.
The brand’s distinctive style, which combines Renaissance period techniques, luxury materials and the extensive use of texture en💖graving won internati🔯onal clientele including the Vatican as well as the Royal Houses of Italy, Spain, Belgium, England and Egypt.
Gianmaria ✤carried on as Honorary President of the company until his death in 2015.
