Pomellato

Beverly Hills, California

Founded in Milan in 1967, Pomellato curated a bespoke Italian environment for their Rodeo Drive boutique that is directly inspired by their exquisite, handcrafted jewelry. With shadows tracing the movement of the California sun, each of the facade’s terracotta tiles were slip cast by hand in Italy with a softly curved squared indentation evocative of the brand’s trademarked 57-facet Nudo jewel cut. Upon entering via a door handle in the shape of the brand’s “Iconica” ring, the client walks upon an Italian cut patchwork marble and onyx floor in shades of cream and pink. As though gazing through rose colored glasses, a sixty-foot-long tinted cast Murano chandelier pulls the eye through the full depth of the sales floor to a matching hand cast glass installation cladding the rear focus wall. The Milanese silk wall covering panels gracing the salon also feature the signature Nudo shape which has been hand painted, hand embroidered, and gold leafed in an abstract pattern as though floating along a wisteria vine. Milan’s architecture, including the Duomo, is featured in three large collage artworks in the main salon as well as in the private client lounge.