Luxury items by the iconic Italian-Swiss company Ghiso could be found in the world’s most prestigious jewelry boutiques. This name is not widely known to the public. The Ghiso brand has no need to rely on modern advertising, to wink and curry favor with buyers. Those who can afford to purchase a Ghiso piece pay no attention to advertising, do not watch television, but possess the rarest and most valuable human quality—the art of communication itself. They usually belong to the most highly educated tier of the elite and know a great deal. For instance, they may know that the ebony statuettes decorated with gold and diamonds were made by Jean-Jacques Ghiso’s father in his Argentinian workshop over a hundred years ago. And at the dawn of the last century, there was not a wealthy man in Argentina who didn’t visit the Italian. That was how this master craftsman was famously known—with a capital 'I'.
Jean-Jacques Ghiso continued his father’s work in Paris. Ladies’ jewelry boxes, snuffboxes, cufflinks and adornments, unusual stands for various objects, unbound by classic canons but beautiful in their own right, as well as small sculptures, were created with such original artistic vibrancy that they quickly attracted keen interest from the French beau monde. But World War II crushed both Jean-Jacques himself and his stores in Buenos Aires and Paris.
Today, Ghiso continues its story with an Italian page. These are once again works of high art, including jewelry, created from ebony, mammoth bones, gold, and diamonds. Their sizes are impressive, their lines graceful. The pieces, like small sculptures, fit comfortably on your skin, softly following the curves of the body. The rings, bracelets, amulets and earrings possess a vivid individuality and unmistakable identity of two generations of Ghiso.
Precious woods bring a scent of antiquity: black, Macassar and snakewood, figured maple, boxwood, and coconut palm. Various metals reflect and refract the light, whether silver, white gold, or polished or damascened steel crafted by hand using traditional techniques. In addition to these materials, mother-of-pearl, walrus tusk, buffalo bone, and even fossilized mammoth tusks are also used in their works.
All this array of splendor—dominoes, golf clubs, champagne boxes—may exude a sense of snobbery, but it is precisely intended for a select circle of connoisseurs of exclusive, high-class, refined luxury items. Ghiso’s cult objects ideally meet the needs primarily of the educated collector, but also of those who strive to surround themselves with items radiating a magical aura, a mystery that will enchant both you and your descendants for years to come.
