MAHNAZ COLLECTION

MAHNAZ COLLECTION

A SUBLIME EXPERIENCE

JEWELRY, TIMEPIECES, OBJECTS

Our collections are for you - THE STYLISH, DESIGN ORIENTED, independent-minded jewelry enthusiast and the collector who finds SUBLIME beauty in original, UNIQUE, hand-made, one-of-a-kind, MODERN vintage and CONTEMPORARY JEWELS + TIMEPIECES. VERSATILE AND WEARABLE, THEY ARE for all of us drawn to THE EXCEPTIONAL CRAFTSMANSHIP OF YESTERDAY, WHERE THE SLOW HAND OF THE MAKER reigned supreme.

covering DISTINCT geographIES from Helsinki to Hopi, OUR COLLECTIONS ARE YET KNITTED TOGETHER, INSPIRED BY NATURE and LANDSCAPES, ANCIENT MATERIALS LIKE YELLOW GOLD, EARTHY STONES SUCH AS TURQUOISE, LAPIS, RHODOCHROSITE, AGATES, AS WELL AS NATURAL DIAMONDS, PEARLS, TOURMALINES, AND MORE. ABOVE ALL, THE COLLECTIONS CELEBRATE THE POWER OF JEWELERS, FROM VISIONARY ARTISTS TO METALSMITHS, TO IMAGINE AND CREATE BEAUTY IN THE JEWEL ARTS. WE ALSO CELEBRATE THOSE WHO EXPERIMENT WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO POWER THE FUTURE AND MAKE POSSIBLE NEW DESIGN AESTHETICS IN THE WORLD OF TIMEPIECES - ALL THis AMIDST A WORLD WHERE WE MUST LIVE WITH THE DESTRUCTIVE FORCES UNLEASHED BY OTHERS. OUR VIVACIOUS JEWELS THAT STAND THE TEST OF TIME BRING JOY TO OUR LIVES. THEY REMAIN A FINANCIAL ASSET AND IMPORTANTLY, become your treasured gems worth keeping in the family, sealing a promise, and passing on to your loved ones, imbued with your passion, STORIES, and legacy.

We are especially recognized for our expertise in jewelry made by forward-looking, independent, designers, ARTISTS AND goldsmiths, from North and South America, iMPORTANTLY HIGHLIGHTING Indigenous peoples, and from Britain, GERMANY, FRANCE and the Nordic Countries since the 1960s.

We are THE GALLERY for HIGHLY selective, curated, AND RESEARCHED, AUTHENTICATED, modern-vintage, and contemporary jewels and timepieces made mainly since 1960. These works have been made by FORWARD-THINKING, EXPERIMENTAL, AND MUCH CELEBRATED designers, artists, gold/silversmiths, and watchmakers. innovators ALL, WITH A POINT OF VIEW, they have reshaped and transformed JEWELRY AND TIMEPIECE design and provoked new questions about concepts of beauty and value in jewelry.

You will find distinctive, one-of-a-kind, modernist works; signed vintage design classics from independent jewelers and high houses; artist AND DESIGNER CREATED works of conceptual excellence, technical virtuosity, and material boldness; museum-quality Indigenous U.S. Native American jewelry, and watches. jewels and timepieces by pioneering AND CONTEMPORARY women artists and designers TRAVERSE OUR COLLECTIONS.

Across the collections, you will ALSO find yellow gold and colored gemstone jewels of the 1960s and 1970s that best represent these decades of radical change. Then, jewelers connected with Nature more directly, embraced textured surfaces, and focused on futurism. THESE DECADES CONTINUE TO HOLD OUR FASCINATION IN FASHION AND LIFESTYLE.

We are known for OUR knowledge-based WORK - the depth of our design and cultural research, PUBLICATIONS, AND MUSEUM-QUALITY EXHIBITIONS. the distinctive jewels and jeweler histories we identify and source in a range of collecting areas, When brought together, TELL IMPORTANT STORIES, INCLUDING THE UNIQUE STORY OF MODERNISM’S MULTIFACETED WRIT, alongside those delineating the MARRIAGE OF MODERNITY WITH ENDURING ANCIENT cultural traditions and motifs in jewelry.

WE ARE EXPERIENCED BUYERS AND SELLERS. UNTIL BARNEYS, NEW YORK, CLOSED, WE SPENT MANY YEARS AS THEIR FINE VINTAGE JEWELER, NATIONALLY. TODAY WE ARE A BY APPOINTMENT AND ONLINE GALLERY FOR OUR PRIVATE CLIENTS, AND SELL SELECTED WORKS AT EXCLUSIVE STORES IN PALM BEACH AND NANTUCKET, AND ON A BRITISH GLOBAL DESIGN-LED LIFESTYLE PLATFORM. WE PLACE JEWELRY IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND WORK CLOSELY WITH DEALERS, CURATORS, AND SCHOLARS.

Our business model preserves and reuses existing modern-vintage jewels and thereby contributes broadly to a more sustainable environment. We also partner with contemporary jewelers who create alternatives to detrimental mining and gem extraction. We hear the voices of Indigenous peoples whose attitudes towards Nature, animals, and raw materials may differ from those of many of us.