Thomas Sabo on the dragon

Thomas Sabo climbs on Chinese dragon with a new collection. Images and prices ♦ ︎
China is close, even in the spirit of jewelery. This time the German brand Thomas Sabo embraces yin and yang philosophy with a new collection, Dragon Nights. The affordable price jewelery line was presented in Paris and interprets the mythological figure in about 70 handmade jewelry made of 925 sterling silver nielled. It is better to explain: the technique is to cover the traces of an incision with the powdered niello. What is the niello? It is an alloy that blends at low temperatures. After melting the niello, it is poured into the grooves and then the superfluous is eliminated, so that the engraved drawing appears in the metal.
The inlays are enamelled, the metal is finished with 18-karat pink gold. The line includes both jewels and watches, all with the same reference to oriental mythology. “Our Dragon Nights lives in the tension between the historical symbols of Asia and a contemporary and very urban interpretation. It comes from glamor creations that celebrate the current return of the ethnic jewel,” commented Susanne Kölbli, creative director of Thomas Sabo. Prices of some jewels: dragon-shaped pendant 898 or 1.198 euros, earrings 339 euros, bracelet 798 euros. But it also drops to 98 euros for the simplest earrings. Lavinia Andorno