Modernist Peter Macchiarini Sculptural Fine Jewelry Cufflinks,c.1950

Description: Iconic original genuine Peter Macchiarini modernist sculptural Dot Cufflinks, sterling silver with ebony wood. Substantial in scale. Very rare piece seldom seen on the market outside a modernist exhibit in a museum- such as The Oakland California museum. The Dot series is one of Peter Macchiarini most unique creations dating back to the 1940's using materials such as ebony,copper,silver,gold, and ivory. Each Dot piece created is unique, no two are alike. The piece offers a historical modernist design by an iconic master metal smith modernist movement jeweler and sculptor. Modernist museum quality. c.1950 Peter Macchiarini, signed *Please Note: This piece is created by Peter Macchiarini, not Daniel Macchiarini who is well known for producing very poor work looking unfinished, low-quality, and cheaply made, due to early signs of Dementia. Dimensions: length 1” Diameter 1” Sterling Silver,Ebony Condition, Excellent San Francisco, CA *Shipping is Complimentary to Continental US. Bio: Peter Macchiarini (August 27, 1909 – July 3, 2001) was an Italian-American California-based American Modernist jeweler and sculptor who was a pioneer in the field of avant-garde jewelry. He maintained an art studio and shop on Grant Avenue in San Francisco, California, for more than 50 years and was instrumental in organizing the first San Francisco outdoor art festival in 1938 as well as founding the Upper Grant Avenue Street Fair in 1953, an event that spawned similar artist-run festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area. Macchiarini was born in Santa Rosa, California, on the Wohler Ranch in Sonoma County, in 1909. In 1923, when he was thirteen, he and his family moved to the northwestern region of Italy, where he went on to study for four years at the Art Academy in Pietrasanta. Macchiarini returned to the United States in 1928 and, with the arrival of the Great Depression worked from 1929 to 1935 as a stonecarver, with several Bay Area firms; some of which were funded by the Federal Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). While employed as a stonecarver, he worked on projects in the 1930s with such sculptors as Beniamino Bufano and Ralph Stackpole. In 1936, following the suggestion of jeweler/ artist Margaret De Patta,he started to create art jewelry and began his own jewelry studio. After studying art at the California School of Fine Art (now known as the San Francisco Art Institute) he went on to teach metalsmithing and jewelry making at Mills College during the summer sessions from 1952 to 1955 as well as, in the same period, in his own studio. In 1980, he was awarded a gold medal from the Association of the Lucchesi nel Mondo, which annually recognizes those who, as citizens abroad, bring honor to the Italian province of Lucca through personal merit. In 2000, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors renamed a portion of Kearny Street — near Telegraph Hill — "The Peter Macchiarini Steps" in his honor. On June 29, 2001 he was declared an official "San Francisco Legend" for his contributions to the local culture. *Our Guarantee: Items purchased online will arrive as described.

Price: 3400 USD

Location: Crockett, California

End Time: 2025-01-17T20:08:53.000Z

Shipping Cost: N/A USD