Bulgari 18K Gold Tubogas Necklace
Regular price
$28,500
Dating from the 1990s, this Bulgari 18K gold necklace is formed of Tubogas links. It is designed as a very slightly graduating torque of flexible tubogas links. Soft and perfectly weighted, this Bulgari classic is streamlined and ultra-modern.
Item #: N-21936
Artist: Bulgari
Country: Italy
Circa: 1990s
Dimensions: 14.25" length.
Materials: 18K Gold
Gram Weight: 120 g.
Signed: BVLGARI, Italian Assay Mark
Item #: N-21936
Artist: Bulgari
Country: Italy
Circa: 1990s
Dimensions: 14.25" length.
Materials: 18K Gold
Gram Weight: 120 g.
Signed: BVLGARI, Italian Assay Mark
Tubogas chain first appeared in high jewelry in Paris in the 1930s in the jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels, but Bulgari's continues to create tubogas, "a flexible band of sleek and polished contours produced without soldering" to the highest standard. In the volume Bulgari, Daniel Mascetti and Amanda Triossi describe its construction - a feat by skilled hands over many hours - as consisting of "wrapping two long strips with raised edges around a core - either of copper or wood. The edges then interlock onto one another, requiring no soldering. The core is then removed, either by simply drawing it out or by dissolving it in acid."
Tubogas chain first appeared in high jewelry in Paris in the 1930s in the jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels, but Bulgari's continues to create tubogas, "a flexible band of sleek and polished contours produced without soldering" to the highest standard. In the volume Bulgari, Daniel Mascetti and Amanda Triossi describe its construction - a feat by skilled hands over many hours - as consisting of "wrapping two long strips with raised edges around a core - either of copper or wood. The edges then interlock onto one another, requiring no soldering. The core is then removed, either by simply drawing it out or by dissolving it in acid."
