Tiffany celebrates the birthday of Elsa Peretti, pioneer of jewelry design

She receives in Rome, in her apartment, which overlooks the so calm and green gardens of Villa Borghese. On the coffee table, champagne glasses, ultra-fine cigarettes and some of his creations for Tiffany & Co. There are wooden rods lacquered in red and black, a lighter in solid silver curved like a bean (escaped from its famous Bean collection) and this small bamboo box satined with a thin film of 24 carat gold where we detect a Japanese refinement. " It's one of the most beautiful things I have done," says Elsa Peretti, suddenly relegating all the jewelry she has created to the background. When I started working for Tiffany & Co. in 1974, I had already traveled to Japan and I was completely fascinated by the perfectionism of the craftsmen.Probably also by a certain minimalism.

Elsa Peretti arrived at Tiffany & Co in 1974 and revolutionized jewelry design with organic and refined forms. Tiffany & Co

The style of the woman who was first trained in interior architecture is pure. In the shops of the American giant, the pieces

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