The new collection by 1,618demaria, Neapolitan goldsmiths for five generations.
We read on Wikipedia: “The golden section or golden ratio or golden or constant number of Phidias or divine proportion, in the context of the visual arts and mathematics, it indicates the relationship between two unequal lengths, the largest of which is a mean proportional between the lower and the sum of the two. ” In short we say that the result of this relationship, after complicated mathematical equations, is the 1,618 number. The golden section, known for centuries as a symbol of perfection, is also the symbol figure assumed by a small company of Tari, the jewelery center of Caserta, who decided to call the brand 1,618demaria. For sure it’s a brand that you remember. Hard to say if the jewels of the Italian brand are a symbol of perfection, but the commitment to achieve the goal is not lacking. And most importantly, do not miss the experience: the company has a catalog of 10,000 models accumulated over five generations. The history of the family De Maria, lead by Dario and Ivana, dates back to the nineteenth century, when in Naples Salvatore De Maria was “a precursor of one of the techniques that has undoubtedly affected since ancient generations of goldsmiths, ie working to empty the barrel. ” A technique that allowed the machining of very reduced thicknesses of gold jewelry, and so from not getting high use of raw material and of affordable cost. Generation after generation, in the fifties and sixties, the company was one of the first in Naples using the technique of lost-wax casting with the centrifugal spring or elastic. Technical aspects. One of the results of the work is the collection curiously dedicated to a precious gastronomic element, but certainly not abundant in Naples, the caviar. Alessia Mongrando
