Image courtesy of Obsidian, London.Īldo was born in Naples in 1935 but grew up in Rome, the oldest of five children. I came to understand that behind the streamlined simplicity and effortless purity of Cipullo jewels were layers of complexity, and that most of all, the modern world was his driving force.Īldo Cipullo for Cartier, Juste Un Clou bracelets. Privileged to be entrusted with the family story, I discovered a captivating character of immense sensitivity and cultural depth, a hugely talented designer who changed the course of 20 th century jewelry history. So when I was asked by Aldo’s brother, Renato, to write the book on the designer’s life and work, I jumped at the opportunity. Yet Cipullo remained a shadowy character, a designer who exploded onto the New York scene in the late 1960s, and passed away tragically young, in 1984, a sudden meteoric bright light of talent, just as suddenly extinguished. I included a striking 1970s gold and carnelian necklace, in my book, The Impossible Collection of Jewelry: The 100 Most Important Jewels of the 20 th century. But I was also intrigued by other powerfully graphic jewels that I occasionally came across. I had known something of Cipullo and admired the purity, modernity, and wit of the Love bracelet and the Clou. Cartier advertisement for the Love bracelet, early 1970s.
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