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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (R-L) Business partners and founders of RFMAS Group Roberto Faraone Mennella and Amedeo Scognamiglio discuss the design of a jewel together with a goldsmith in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (R-L) Business partners and founders of RFMAS Group Roberto Faraone Mennella and Amedeo Scognamiglio discuss the design of a jewel together with a goldsmith in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7938.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: A "See No Evil" cameo dark ring is show here together with other cameos designed by master-carver and Amedeo Scognamiglio in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7873.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing  TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
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Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a DOTS diamonds and emerald yellow gold ring (right hand), a DOTS diamonds yellow hold ring (left hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a DOTS diamonds and emerald yellow gold ring (right hand), a DOTS diamonds yellow hold ring (left hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Cameos designed by master-carver and Amedeo Scognamiglio, before being assembled on jewelry, are shown here in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
<br />
Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_6874.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, is seen here at the entrance of her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. <br />
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Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: An interior view of the boutique of Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, is seen here in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. <br />
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Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: An interior view of the boutique of Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, is seen here in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. <br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: A piercing earromg wotj pearl and white diamond (white gold) earring is worn by Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, is seen here in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. <br />
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Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: A three floating diamond ring worn by Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, is seen here in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. <br />
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Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: A wedding bracelet (double bangle of gold and diamonds) and a DOTS diamonds and emerald yellow gold ring are worn by Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, are seen here in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. <br />
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Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: A wedding bracelet (double bangle of gold and diamonds) is worn by Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, is seen here in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. <br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a DOTS diamonds and emerald yellow gold ring (right hand), a DOTS diamonds yellow hold ring (left hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing  TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing  TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing  TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing  TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing  TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing  TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing  TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a DOTS diamonds and emerald yellow gold ring (right hand), a DOTS diamonds yellow hold ring (left hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a DOTS diamonds and emerald yellow gold ring (right hand), a DOTS diamonds yellow hold ring (left hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a DOTS diamonds and emerald yellow gold ring (right hand), a DOTS diamonds yellow hold ring (left hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a DOTS diamonds and emerald yellow gold ring (right hand), a DOTS diamonds yellow hold ring (left hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a DOTS diamonds and emerald yellow gold ring (right hand), a DOTS diamonds yellow hold ring (left hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a a DOTS diamonds yellow hold ring (left hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a a DOTS diamonds yellow hold ring (left hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a a DOTS diamonds yellow hold ring (left hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
<br />
Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a DOTS diamonds and emerald yellow gold ring (right hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
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Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a DOTS diamonds and emerald yellow gold ring (right hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
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Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a DOTS diamonds and emerald yellow gold ring (right hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
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Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a DOTS diamonds and emerald yellow gold ring (right hand), a DOTS diamonds yellow hold ring (left hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
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Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a DOTS diamonds and emerald yellow gold ring (right hand), a DOTS diamonds yellow hold ring (left hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
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Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: A cameo representing Queen Elizabeth II is shown here in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, poses for a portrait in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, poses for a portrait in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7806.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, poses for a portrait in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7798.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, poses for a portrait in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7792.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Cameos representing floral allegories and and Liberty-style potrait design are glued with tar on handle sticks as they are put on stand-by by the carver Francesco Scognamiglio (46) in his workshop in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016. Francesco Scognamiglio has been working as a carver since the age of 17 and has been working with Amedeo Scognamiglio since 2011.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Lost-wax casts of jewels are shown here in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_6959.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (R-L) Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, and his business partner and long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella, pose for a portrait in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_6944.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (L-R) Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, and his business partner and long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella, pose for a portrait in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (L-R) Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, and his business partner and long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella, pose for a portrait in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (L-R) Goldsmiths Luigi Paduano (31) and Franco Valvone (48) work in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_6780.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Lost-wax casts models of jewels hang on the wall inside the in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_6767.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Lost-wax casts models of jewels hang on the wall inside the in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Cameos and stones lay down on note pages in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_6717.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: A piercing earromg wotj pearl and white diamond (white gold) earring is worn by Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, is seen here in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. <br />
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Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: A wedding bracelet (double bangle of gold and diamonds) is worn by Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, is seen here in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. <br />
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Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing  TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
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Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a DOTS diamonds and emerald yellow gold ring (right hand), a DOTS diamonds yellow hold ring (left hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
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Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
    CIPG_20191120_NYT-Delfina-Delettrez_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a DOTS diamonds and emerald yellow gold ring (right hand), a DOTS diamonds yellow hold ring (left hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
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Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2019: Delfina Delettrez, a Rome-based jewelry designer and fourth generation member of the Fendi family, poses for a portrait in her boutique in Rome, Italy, on November 20th 2019. In this photo she is wearing a DOTS diamonds and emerald yellow gold ring (right hand), a DOTS diamonds yellow hold ring (left hand) and TWO IN ONE earrings.<br />
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Delfina Delettrez presented her first collection of jewels to the international press in October 2007 at Colette, Paris. Delettrez is celebrated as the youngest designer with a permanent collection at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Decoratifs since 2010, as well as being featured in famous fine-jewelry galleries around the world. Her latest works explore a conceptual sense of surreal, with precious stones in ‘phantom settings’ that seem to float on the body. The designer takes postmodern inspirations and fuses them with the traditional Italian craftsmanship to create hyper-modern, handmade pieces.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: A "See No Evil" cameo dark ring is shown here in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (L-R) A cameo representing Queen Elizabeth II, a "See No Evil" cameo dark ring and a cameo ring representing master-carver and Amedeo Scognamiglia are shown here in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, poses for a portrait in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (L-R) Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, and his business partner and long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella, pose for a portrait in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (L-R) Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, and his business partner and long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella, pose for a portrait in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (L-R) Goldsmiths Luigi Paduano (31) and Franco Valvone (48) work in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: The workstation of a goldsmith is shown here in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: A Puttino ring is shown here in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Goldsmiths Luigi Paduano (31) works on a Puttino ring in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Goldsmiths Luigi Paduano (31) works on a Puttino ring in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Goldsmiths Luigi Paduano (31) works on a Puttino ring in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (L-R) Goldsmiths Luigi Paduano (31) and Franco Valvone (48) work in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (L-R) Goldsmiths Luigi Paduano (31) and Franco Valvone (48) work in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Cameos and stones lay down on note pages in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, takes a selfie with his business partner and long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennellal and professors of the "Francesco Degni" Artistic High School, founded in 1878 and historically known as the "Scuola del Corallo" (Coral School), in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016. Since 2009, the Artistic High School hosts the Museo del Corallo (Coral Museum).<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Plaster casts and carving tools used for cameo carving are seen here in the laboratory of the "Francesco Degni" Artistic High School, founded in 1878 and historically known as the "Scuola del Corallo" (Coral School), in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016. Since 2009, the Artistic High School hosts the Museo del Corallo (Coral Museum).<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Workstations are seen here in the laboratory of the "Francesco Degni" Artistic High School, founded in 1878 and historically known as the "Scuola del Corallo" (Coral School), in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016. Since 2009, the Artistic High School hosts the Museo del Corallo (Coral Museum).<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Workstations are seen here in the laboratory of the "Francesco Degni" Artistic High School, founded in 1878 and historically known as the "Scuola del Corallo" (Coral School), in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016. Since 2009, the Artistic High School hosts the Museo del Corallo (Coral Museum).<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, and his business partner and long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennellal look at historical cameos displayed here in the Museo del Corallo (Coral Museum), hosted since 2009 by the "Francesco Degni" Artistic High School, founded in 1878 and historically known as the "Scuola del Corallo" (Coral School), in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, looks at historical cameos displayed here in the Museo del Corallo (Coral Museum), hosted since 2009 by the "Francesco Degni" Artistic High School, founded in 1878 and historically known as the "Scuola del Corallo" (Coral School), in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Historical cameos displayed here in the Museo del Corallo (Coral Museum), hosted since 2009 by the "Francesco Degni" Artistic High School, founded in 1878 and historically known as the "Scuola del Corallo" (Coral School), in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: A cameo representing a sea horse (center) is seen here together with other cameos representing animals in the Museo del Corallo (Coral Museum), hosted since 2009 by the "Francesco Degni" Artistic High School, founded in 1878 and historically known as the "Scuola del Corallo" (Coral School),in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, steps out of the "Francesco Degni" Artistic High School, founded in 1878 and historically known as the "Scuola del Corallo" (Coral School), in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016. Since 2009, the Artistic High School hosts the Museo del Corallo (Coral Museum).<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (R-L) Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, and his business partner and long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella, walk in the streets of their hometown Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, steps outside the workshop of carver Francesco Scognamiglio in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016. <br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Shells and tools used to carve cameos are seen here on the table of carver Francesco Scognamiglio's workshop in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Carver Francesco Scognamiglio (46) grinds a shell he will use to carve cameos from, here in his workshop in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: The interior of carver Francesco Scognamiglio's workshop with (L-R) a polisher, a pot with tar (to glue cameos on handle sticks) and an espresso coffee machine, is seen here in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, oversees the work of carver Francesco Scognamiglio (46) as he carvs a buffalo cameo in his workshop in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016. Francesco Scognamiglio has been working as a carver since the age of 17 and has been working with Amedeo Scognamiglio since 2011.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: A skull is carved out of coral is shown here in the workshop of carver Francesco Scognamiglio, in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016. Francesco Scognamiglio has been working as a carver since the age of 17 and has been working with Amedeo Scognamiglio since 2011.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Cameo carver Francesco Scognamiglio (46) carvs a cornicello cameo (little horn), an Italian talisman worn to protect against the evil eye (or malocchio), in his workshop in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016. Francesco Scognamiglio has been working as a carver since the age of 17 and has been working with Amedeo Scognamiglio since 2011.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Cameo carver Francesco Scognamiglio (46) carvs a cameo in his workshop in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016. Francesco Scognamiglio has been working as a carver since the age of 17 and has been working with Amedeo Scognamiglio since 2011.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (L-R) Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, and his business partner and long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella, walk in the streets of their hometown Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (L-R) Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, and his business partner and long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella, walk in the streets of their hometown Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Grinders used to grind shells for cameo carving are seen here in the laboratory of the "Francesco Degni" Artistic High School, founded in 1878 and historically known as the "Scuola del Corallo" (Coral School), in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016. Since 2009, the Artistic High School hosts the Museo del Corallo (Coral Museum).<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, looks at historical cameos displayed here in the Museo del Corallo (Coral Museum), hosted since 2009 by the "Francesco Degni" Artistic High School, founded in 1878 and historically known as the "Scuola del Corallo" (Coral School), in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Early 20th century cameos representing female heads are seen here in the Museo del Corallo (Coral Museum), hosted since 2009 by the "Francesco Degni" Artistic High School, founded in 1878 and historically known as the "Scuola del Corallo" (Coral School), in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: The interior the Museo del Corallo (Coral Museum), hosted since 2009 by the "Francesco Degni" Artistic High School, founded in 1878 and historically known as the "Scuola del Corallo" (Coral School), is seen here in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: The interior the Museo del Corallo (Coral Museum), hosted since 2009 by the "Francesco Degni" Artistic High School, founded in 1878 and historically known as the "Scuola del Corallo" (Coral School), is seen here in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Fragments of shells and cameos resulting from them are seen here in a box in caver Francesco Scognamiglio's workshop in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Shells and tools used to carve cameos are seen here on the table of carver Francesco Scognamiglio's workshop in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: aA ring and bracelet cameos are worn by Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, here in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7237.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Cameo carver Francesco Scognamiglio (46) carvs a buffalo cameo in his workshop in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016. Francesco Scognamiglio has been working as a carver since the age of 17 and has been working with Amedeo Scognamiglio since 2011.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7170.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Cameo carver Francesco Scognamiglio (46) carvs a cameo in his workshop in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016. Francesco Scognamiglio has been working as a carver since the age of 17 and has been working with Amedeo Scognamiglio since 2011.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7132.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Cameos representing respectively a buffalo and a cornicello (little horn), are glued with tar on handle sticks as they are put on stand-by by the carver Francesco Scognamiglio (46) in his workshop in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016. Francesco Scognamiglio has been working as a carver since the age of 17 and has been working with Amedeo Scognamiglio since 2011.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7115.jpg
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