About Maria Canale
Designer. Entrepreneur. Icon. Maria Canale has created many of the world’s most enduring jewelry designs. For 25 years, brands like Tiffany, Mikimoto and Harry Winston have relied on her to design for the way we live today. A long best-kept secret in jewelry, she now shines under her own name.
Maria’s career began early with an after-school goldsmith apprenticeship when she was only 13. It’s not surprising she later pursued a degree in metalsmithing. But after her first design class at FIT, she stayed up all night sketching. She had discovered her true passion. It wasn’t long until she was the most in-demand independent jewelry designer in New York.
Maria Canale has been honored with more than 30 international jewelry awards including:
Diamonds International Award
Platinum International Award
American Gem Trade Association Spectrum Awards (10 times)
Diamonds Today Awards (2)
Argyle International Colored Diamond Award
Diamond Right Hand Ring Award
Women’s Jewelry Association Jewelry Designer of the Year
Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America Designer of the Year
Tanzanite Jewelry Design Award
Although she has received incredible recognitions, she’s most proud when she sees a woman enjoying the feeling of wearing her jewelry. Throughout her career, she’s worn her own designs everywhere she goes, from business meetings in Manhattan to sailing with her children, making sure that everything she creates is comfortable enough to wear every day and feels as good as it looks. “Ease is the secret to true elegance,” she says.
A LEGACY OF ELEGANCE
The Maria Canale journey begins in 1921, when her grandfather Caesar Canale emigrated from Genoa, Italy to attend New York’s Columbia University and establish his family trading business in the New World. He brought beautifully tailored suits, courtly European manners, a love of Fiat sports cars, and a hand-engraved stamp with the family “C” crest.
His granddaughter Maria Canale still uses that iconic “C” today for her own brand of relaxed elegance. She continues the family tradition of summers at the beach in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, the discreet alternative to more high-profile resort destinations up the New England Coast. Her own children now sail and swim on the same beaches she loved as a child.
Maria Canale’s designs celebrate the classic American luxury of those childhood summers in Watch Hill, combined with the energy and sophistication of the modern Manhattan entrepreneur. With her characteristic warmth and flair for entertaining, her house and her heart are always full.
Maria Canale inspires you to live brilliantly.
For more information, visit www.mariacanale.com.
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