The name of Fulco di Verdura, a famous New York jeweler and designer, is associated with the highest skill in jewelry art. Verdura possessed an aristocratic manner in the manufacture of his works. They felt impeccable style and refined taste. In 1934 he went to America, where he worked as lead designer for Paul Flateau until 1939. Then in New York, Verdura opened his own business. He had many friends. His natural aristocratic manners and charm, wit and erudition, benevolence and delicacy – all this attracted people to him. When he opened his business, many of them, old and good friends, helped in this and supported him with moral and financial help.

It occupies a special place in the history of jewelry. Verdura left a whole gallery of brilliant works, in which, in addition to skillfully executed masterpieces, there is always a certain amount of surprise, humor, and quirk. In his art, he used not only precious stones and metals, but also ordinary shells, stones, picked up by him on the seashore. He created flowers, sea creatures, animals, drawing ideas from nature.

According to Patricia Corbett, who wrote a biography of the jeweler, “Baroque pearls, with their unique flaws, sparked Verdura’s imagination in a way that a flawless gemstone never could.”