The 2016 by Salvini (Damiani Group) is full of novelties. Let’s start with the most innovative collection presented: Catherine. First is different at first glance than the classic production of the brand, even if it maintains its classic style, clean, basic. But it is also a riot of rose cut diamonds. Ten to one you’ve never heard of this type of cut. You are not ignorant, it is really a kind of facet little used: the rose cut is a kind of cutting used in Dutch laboratories in the seventeenth century. The idea was a cut that gives greater brightness to diamonds to be used in the creation of prestigious jewelry. Although it has less faces and does not have the classic back to the tip of the classic round brilliant cut, the rose cut succeeds admirably to shine, thanks to new technologies that enrich the stone with facets on the edges of the table.
After this technical digression, we explain the origin of the name of collection: it’s inspired by the jewels of the Empress of Russia, Catherine the Great. The central cut roses in the collection is connected to the diamond Orlov (that has 200 carat), stone given to Catherine with intent seducers by the count. Although carats of Catherine’s jewelry collection are a bit smaller than «monstrous» diamond Orlov, now in the Kremlin museum, nestled in the tsar’s scepter.
Fortunately, the new collection of Catherine by Salvini is available in Italy. It consists of necklaces, rings and earrings, made of a white gold frame with diamonds that surround the central gem concentric circles. Indicative price: about 1200 Euros for the bushings, from 3000 Euros up for rings, up to 34000 euro for the collier. F.G.