A. La Marmora - Voyage in Sardaigne. Paris - Turin 1840 A. La Marmora - Voyage in Sardaigne. Paris - Turin 1840 A. La Marmora - Voyage in Sardaigne. Paris - Turin 1840

This jewellery was made of gold, silver and very thin filigree. Often the round or elongated shapes of the jewellery had sexual undertones, such as the mammillary shaped buttons, the little bells and the pendants. The methods used to make this jewellery are ancient and are connected to the subtle magic meaning of ancient rituals that were evocative of life, fertility and love.
Undoubtedly the wide range of necklaces, medallions, rings, brooches, bracelets, and other jewellery are a show within a show and an extraordinary example of the goldsmith's art that bestows on women a special charm.
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Chiara Samugheo from the book 'Costumi di Sardegna' Publisher: L'Unione Sarda

Woman   The writer Paolo Orano wrote: "The women from Nuoro have the same elegance and dignity as the Messaline" while another historian called Valery, who spent a long time in Sardinia, wrote in 1836 "The Roman and Neapolitan country women (peasants) so praised for their charm are not fit to be the servants to the Sardinian women when it comes to the richness and variety of their jewellery." Very generous compliments indeed. It should be pointed out that female costumes in the 1800s evolved remarkably compared to the more sober costumes of the previous centuries when Sardinian women, according to some experts, used to wear clothes exactly like the cloth that Briseide, the virtuous and faithful slave of the mythic Grecian hero Achille, wore.


Engraving in copper (29 x 21) by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1828 COSTUMI DI TEMPIO - REGNO DI SARDEGNA
Engraving in copper (29 x 21) by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1828 (A Collection of the most Interesting Italian Costumes [Raccolta di costumi italiani i più interessanti] Rome 1828, 50 plates without text)



This plate is particularly interesting in that it is one of only two plates of Sardinian costumes by one of the most famous artists of the 1800s published in one of his first "Collections of Italian Costumes".
What makes it more interesting is the fact that it is one of the first plates regarding Sardinia to be done in the 1800s.



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