Bulgari Parentesi Gold and Stainless Steel Bracelet

Presented here is an exemplary piece of the famous Parentesi collection by the great Italian house of Bulgari. Parentesi represents one of the undisputed peaks in Bulgari's history, when, in the 1980s, Bulgari sat atop the world of high design. The example before you is a bracelet rendered in 18 karat yellow gold and stainless steel. The Parentesi design was inspired by parentheses in math equations. The design team at Bulgari realized that by repeating links of a few different shapes and materials and joining these together with other elements, a practically endless repertoire of designs would be opened. By the time Bulgari ceased production of this all-time great design, Parentesi had been made using different colors of gold, steel, and all manner of precious and semi-precious stones in rings, bracelets, necklaces, and earrings. In this way, Parentesi, like the Love or Juste Un Clou collections from Cartier, or the Alhambra collection from Van Cleef & Arpels, made its way into the growing world of “day-to-night" jewelry, created for a rapidly modernizing client who did not have the time or the patience to change jewelry between daytime activities and dinner. All of the major houses responded to this phenomenon in their own ways, but it is our opinion  that Bulgari did so with particular flair.

-Stamped Bulgari

-18 karat yellow gold

-Stainless steel

-Will accommodate a wrist up to 7.5 inches

-Not accompanied by original box or papers