Woven Gold – The Henderson Collection by Lecil | St. Petersburg, Florida
On a walk through St. Petersburg, Florida, we stopped in the original Vinoy Park Hotel built in 1925. Much of the original building is still intact including hand painted ceiling beams over the lobby entrance. Also in the lobby is an exclusive jewelry shop called Ami Jewelers. There were some beautiful amethyst and Australian opal set in yellow gold pieces in one side window case, but it was a collection at the entrance that really caught my eye – The Henderson Collection by Lecil.
Each piece weaves different color gold and platinum threads around gold bars to create necklaces, earrings, rings and bracelets. The colors of the gold threads are most interesting – black gold, chocolate (brown) gold, denim (blue!) gold, yellow gold and white gold. The Italian handmade pieces are unique, intricate and beautifully crafted. All the pieces combine the gold woven threads with fine quality diamonds. The chocolate gold woven ring caught my eye, but it is not surprising that the black gold set are the popular right now considering the black gemstone trends that we’ve been following. What was absolutely stunning is the denim or blue gold jewelry pieces. Although I didn’t see any in the store I did find some images from their website. The different gold colors are obtained by mixing 18K gold with other alloys.
View The Henderson Collection by Lecil at Ami Jewelers at the Vinoy Park Hotel (also known as the Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club) in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.