The House of Gucci unveiled their new High Jewellery collection – Gucci Allegoria. The underlying theme of the design is a representation of life and time narrated through the ever-changing seasons, achieved with precious stones in bold rich tones.
Spring is a magnificent, cushion-cut 226 carat green tourmaline in openwork metal, with star motifs and diamond baguettes, its vividness offset by coloured tourmalines and diamonds on the necklace’s chain. Elsewhere a necklace with a 161-carat cushion-cut pink tourmaline is encircled by multiple levels of diamonds and coloured enamel, set on a chain with 72 tourmalines of 88 carats.
Summer finds expression via emeralds, spinels and Paraiba tourmalines and multifaceted diamonds. Unexpected combinations showcase Gucci’s unique creativity and savoir-faire.
Autumn is about warmer, muted tones is stones such as yellow sapphire, pink tourmaline and mandarin garnet. A splendid 78 carat yellow sapphire necklace is surrounded by a colourful array of tourmalines and diamonds, while a vintage-style yellow gold bracelet is set with five mandarin garnets cut into three different shapes.
Winter is counterposed to the light and joy that abound during the festive season with an enamel and diamond necklace, defined by a milky, iridescent 92 carat opal. Diamonds feature too, with Gucci notably presenting one-of-a-kind European cut antique diamonds, which hint at the vivacious spring to come when the cycle of the four seasons begins again.
As an allegory of the cycle of the four seasons, Gucci Allegoria magnifies nature’s ephemeral beauty and its relentless transformability as the collection plays with antique stones and eclectic cuts. Fan, briolette, paisley and kite shapes all feature, as speckles of baguette diamonds add an additional touch of light, setting everything into motion.
A pair of jacket earrings are designed around two jaunty, fan-shaped emeralds that are perfectly matched for colour and saturation, totalling 18 carats, and which cascade with a mesh of diamonds and tourmalines.
A necklace combines a hexagonal 10 carat emerald with two drop-shaped Paraiba tourmalines of 16 carats, offset by a halo of round, paisley and baguette diamonds.
Finally, one-of-a kind, old mine, European-cut stones imbue Gucci Allegoria with a unique vintage allure, evoking a time when gemstones were cut by hand and their larger facets cleaved in candlelight. Created primarily from 1890-1930, European cuts characterised the art deco period, and are the predecessors to today’s round brilliant cut diamond. A splendid example of 10 carat is the crowning star of a floral motif necklace, the chain festooned with opal engraved beads. A matching pair of earrings features two old European cut diamonds of more than 12 carats each, encircled by flower cut opals that add iridescence and shine, as baguette and paisley diamonds enrich the design.
