Giberto Venezia

Pyotr Rock Crystal Paper Knife

Name: Pyotr Rock Crystal Paper Knife
Brand: Giberto Venezia
SKU: APYOTR-001-002
Price: 1385.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Giberto named the Pyotr for Pyotr Alekseyevich, Peter the Great, and for the Russian world where objects of strength and ceremony were made with a jeweler's hand. This version is cut entirely from clear Madagascar rock crystal, the hilt set with a ruby root in vermeil. It took trusted stone suppliers in Madagascar and Venetian artisans working together to make it, an object Giberto describes as delicate yet masculine, and a reflection of his love of fine jewels and unlikely pairings.

Giberto Venezia is the Venetian house of Giberto Arrivabene, whose family home is Palazzo Papadopoli on the Grand Canal. Working with Murano's glassblowers and the city's artisans, the house makes glass, stone and objects for the table drawn from Venice's decorative past. Through December 31, Giberto Venezia is in residence at No. 162 Wentworth.

Material: Madagascar rock crystal, ruby root, vermeil
Made in Italy

Dimensions

19 x 4.5 cm (7.48 x 1.77 in)

About Giberto Venezia

Giberto Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga grew up in Palazzo Papadopoli on the Grand Canal, under ceilings painted by Tiepolo. Around twenty years ago he started designing glasses for friends and family, and when the requests kept coming, he and his wife, Bianca, founded Giberto Venezia in 2005. The family still lives on the palazzo’s upper floors, above the Aman Venice hotel that now occupies the rest of it and houses the brand’s flagship.

Every piece starts as a watercolor on tracing paper, usually prompted by a moment: tea in a Marrakech souk, a friend’s yacht, the lagoon turning from grey to green one spring afternoon. Giberto isn’t a glassblower himself. He takes the sketches to the furnaces of Murano and works them out with masters like Gianni Seguso, using techniques such as rigà menà, incalmo and avventurina. Velvet comes from the wooden looms at Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua, and rock crystal from Madagascar. Many pieces are engraved by hand on the island. His daughter Mafalda now leads collaborations, and the house has a boutique on the Rialto Bridge.

Pyotr Rock Crystal Paper Knife

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