Front Ribbed Hoop Earrings

For the woman who wants her gold to have a fingerprint.

These 18k yellow gold front ribbed huggie hoop earrings carry a series of fine vertical grooves across the front face of the hoop, breaking the polished surface into a rhythm of light and shadow that the eye reads as texture before it reads as gold. The huggie silhouette keeps the pair close to the lobe so the texture sits where it can be seen, not where it has to be looked for. The metal is 18k Italian gold, struck with the 750 millesimal mark and the registered Italian provincial hallmark that identifies authentic provincial goldsmithing.

Surface texture is a Florentine bench specialty. The technique of cutting parallel grooves into a polished hoop was perfected by the goldsmiths who took the Ponte Vecchio after 1593, when the Medici officially registered the bridge as the home of the trade, as a way to let plain gold catch the light in more than one direction. 

This is the earring for the woman who reads daily luxury as small details done correctly. The pair that rewards a closer look without demanding one.

It reads contemporary. It reads tactile. It reads as Italian craftsmanship at the lobe.

Sourced from the boutiques of Ponte Vecchio, Florence. 18k yellow gold, 750 millesimal fineness, with the registered Italian provincial hallmark. DDP worldwide delivery, fully insured, duties paid before the earrings leave Florence. Perfect Fit Guarantee included.