Elsa Peretti was the jewelry designer at Tiffany & Co. for nearly 50 years, creating iconic styles like the bone cuff, the bean and the open heart. See more here.
Peretti, who would have turned 84 years old on Wednesday, is best known for her work as Tiffany & Co.’sdesigner, a position she held for nearly 50 years. During her tenure at Tiffany, Peretti designed some of the jeweler’s“I don’t have the feeling that I need to add a lot to my collection, because I have an incredibly wide range of things,” Peretti told WWD prior toabout her designs.
It was Halston who ultimately introduced Peretti to Tiffany & Co., which hired her as its jewelry designer in 1974. Peretti’s designs, many of which are still popular to this day, have become core to the fine jeweler’s identity. Peretti is known for popularizing Tiffany’s sterling silver items and creating many everyday jewelry pieces. At one point during her tenure, her designs represented 10 percent of the company’s revenues.
Peretti later expanded her designs for Tiffany into homeware in the early ’80s, creating China, crystal and silver collections. inspired by her archival designs with nine one-of-a-kind items based on pieces from her personal library, as well as pieces Peretti created in collaboration with craftsmen in the Catalonia village she resided in until her death.
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