Getulio ALVIANI (1939 - 2018)

Gold and Coral Pendant Necklace, 1970s

Unique necklace made in 18ct gold, the square polished pendant in rose gold to the left and yellow gold to the right and decorated in the centre with a bi-coloured vertical plaque inlaid with two rows of mosaic coral squares. Designed by Alviani and executed by the artistic jeweller Danilo Fumanti in Rome.

Marks: signed on the reverse of the pendant Alviani, FUMANTI ROMA

Dimensions: H. pendant 7.2 cm; W. pendant 6 cm; D. necklace 12.5 cm

Exhibited: 2019. Scultura Aurea. Gioielli d’Artista per un nuovo Rinascimento, Palazzo Ducale, Galleria Nazionale della Marche

Literature: G. Bologna, M. Garrigoli, and A. Vezzosi, Bijoux et reliures. Artistes du XX^e siècle (Paris 1992), p. 110; L. Lenti and C. Bergesio, Dizionario del gioiello italiano del XIXe e XX secolo (Turin 2005), p. 18; Martine Newby Haspeslagh, Jewels of the Italian Modern Masters (Didier Ltd, London 2015), p. 74, no. 107; P. Stroppiana 2019, Scultura Aurea. Gioielli d’Artista per un nuovo Rinascimento. Art Jewellery for a new Renaissance (Gli Ori, Pistoia), p. 47