Specialties

1920s

• Giulio Nardi founded Nardi in the Piazza San Marco.
• Techniques inspired 18th-century Venetian goldsmiths.

1931

• Began to make brooches inspired by the Venetian Moretto.
• Alberto Nardi took over from Giulio Nardi.

Famous for

• Blackamoor brooches.
• Inspired by Othello – the Moor of Venice a symbol of purity and love.
• Carved from
  • Ebony
  • Sardonyx
  • Chalcedony
• Many celebrity clients.