Four to Pad

Four signatures of the jewel at Pad in London, the largest trade show dedicated to luxury design.
In London the Pad comes back and turns ten. For lovers of antiques, decorative art, sculpture, photography and, finally, jewelry, will host over 65 international exhibitors. The jewels are represented by four companies: Karry Berreby (France), Louisa Guinness (UK), Hemmerle (Germany), Siegelson (Usa). In practice, only Hammerle is a Maison that produces jewelry, while the other three are fine retailers of antiques or vintage. There are, however, reasons of interest, as you can see from the pictures on this page.
The exhibition dedicated to the design started in 2007 with only about twenty exhibitors, the most important international operators. But it has expanded over time. The Pad has decided to support the rise of design as a high-end art and in 2009 expanded its global reach with the introduction of modern art, photography, tribal art and jewelry, referring to his French roots, with the fair sister, the Pad Paris. For jewelery, Louisa Guinness works with the most important sculptors and painters today to create jewelry. Hemmerle is a jeweler that focuses on originality of its proposal, with an avant-garde design in spite of the tradition dating back to 1893. A single piece of Hemmerle may require more than 500 hours of work and can spend years waiting to find the perfect colored stones to complete a piece.
Lee Siegelson proposes special jewels of the nineteenth century, the historic Art Nouveau and Art Deco, up to contemporary designer pieces. It is active since 1920 and has earned a solid reputation. Kerry Berreby, finally, is a famous Parisian Maison for his sculpture jewels and his discoveries of unique works by Van Cleef Andrew Grima, Cartier, David Webb, Boivin. Federico Graglia