Stones Against Diamonds, Diamonds Against Stones
Evelien Bracke
My passion for stones continued to grow. By the age of 15 my new love was a window display on the Via Condotti, which was always full of antique jewels. At least once a week, on the way home from my school on Via Ripetta, I’d stop and gaze at the display.
Lina Bo Bardi (1947)
In the essay Stones Against Diamonds from 1947, architect and designer Lina Bo Bardi describes her fascinated preference for semi-precious stones over …
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