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    Button brooch

    The artefact

    This refined gold brooch revives with aesthetic precision and technical virtuosity the upper side of a common type of traditional button used with the costume for women of various areas in Sardinia. Entirely handcrafted in the granulated variant of filigree, it has a central garnet bezel and engraved gold plate with granulation.

    Details

    Materiali: Gold, Semi-precious stones
    Tecniche di lavorazione: Filigree
    Località di produzione: Iglesias

    Artigiano: Fabrizio Loi
    Settore: Jewels

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