The Rose de France series by Alessio Boschi: a story of high jewelery full of surprises ♦ ︎
High jewelery: Alessio Boschi’s Rose de France necklace is inspired by the 18th century rose gardens of Marie Antoinette, the queen guillotined during the French Revolution, and rehabilitated with a historical revision, as well as successful films. And since Alessio Boschi more than a designer is an artist who works with gold and precious stones, but draws inspiration from the history of culture, here is the jewel presented at VicenzaOro needs an article in itself. Not only because it is an elaborate creation of goldsmith’s art, but also because it is one of those pieces outside the usual canons of jewelry. As is the custom of Alessio Boschi.
The necklace, among other things, reserves hidden surprises: another characteristic of the Roman jeweler based in Bangkog.
The Rose de France necklace is made of stones in pastel colors, orange enamel prongs that, while fixing the stone to the frame, perform a minor decorative function, but essential as a whole: they represent the pistils. The back shows a high quality craftsmanship: the pieces can move to better adapt to the décolleté. On the metal, the engraved goblets collect petals: here Alessio Boschi has used the technique en tremblant, which allows some parts of the flower to vibrate with the movement of the body wearing the jewel. Just like they were real vegetable petals. The goblets are nothing more than geometric shapes defined by the hand-cut, according to the a-jour technique invented to highlight the light of the stones on the other side, that is the front part.
Not only that, the closure, hidden by a diamond, can be positioned at different heights to modulate the length of the necklace.
The versatility could not be missing: the pendant part of the necklace can be detached to become a long brooch or a pair of asymmetrical earrings.
The closure is a rose. In short, by now we know, one of the main characteristics of the jewels of Boschi is the jewel in the jewel, with the hidden lever that opens a secret casket, in which a motto is engraved or drawn a miniature, or the mechanical component that makes the object so versatile that it turns into three different jewels with as many uses. And inevitably, despite being aware of all this, Alessio Boschi always manages to surprise. Monica Battistoni
