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Francesca Villa’s treasured finds

Italian designer Francesca Villa integrates lead soldiers, American casino tokens, buttons, labels, daguerreotypes into her contemporary mounts. Either alone or in association with each other, these treasures illuminated by precious stones form intriguing jewellery creations.

Italian designer Francesca Villa integrates lead soldiers, American casino tokens, buttons, labels, daguerreotypes, etc. into her contemporary mounts. Either alone or in association with each other, these treasures illuminated by precious stones form intriguing jewellery creations. Villa attributes this recurrent theme to the influence of her great-grandfather Nino. A ship’s captain, he brought back a thousand little memories from each voyage.

Italian designer Francesca Villa integrates lead soldiers, American casino tokens, buttons, labels, daguerreotypes, etc. into her contemporary mounts. Either alone or in association with each other, these treasures illuminated by precious stones form intriguing jewellery creations. Villa attributes this recurrent theme to the influence of her great-grandfather Nino. A ship’s captain, he brought back a thousand little memories from each voyage.

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