Los Angeles based designer Rachael White established her fine jewelry line, Demitasse, in 2006. French for half-cup and an emblem of privilege, Demitasse reinvents the opulence of antique tableware and serving pieces into fine jewelry of gold, diamonds and sapphires. In early 2000, while sitting in a doctor’s waiting room, Rachael stumbled upon an article about antique silverware that sparked her interest. After months of researching flatware she became convinced people had forgotten what it meant to entertain at home and that food is a luxury that should be cherished as it once was.
“There was a time when the utensil one ate with or the utensil one served with was just as important as what they ate. In those times, people had the same reverence for silverware that we have today for jewelry—a working-class family would save for years to buy an actual silver spoon feed their children or collect. I wanted to bring back the type of intricate metalwork rarely seen anymore. What better way to do it than with a collection inspired by tableware itself?”
Rachael soon wanted to combine the passion today’s women have for jewelry with the same passion women once had for flatware and serving pieces by creating her own newly fabricated jewelry line, Demitasse. Demitasse creates a comfortable environment in which passions for food, flatware, and jewelry can come alive and be appreciated for their true beauty and pay homage to the past that strived on everything but fad diets and a spork.
“There was a time when the utensil one ate with or the utensil one served with was just as important as what they ate. In those times, people had the same reverence for silverware that we have today for jewelry—a working-class family would save for years to buy an actual silver spoon feed their children or collect. I wanted to bring back the type of intricate metalwork rarely seen anymore. What better way to do it than with a collection inspired by tableware itself?”
Rachael soon wanted to combine the passion today’s women have for jewelry with the same passion women once had for flatware and serving pieces by creating her own newly fabricated jewelry line, Demitasse. Demitasse creates a comfortable environment in which passions for food, flatware, and jewelry can come alive and be appreciated for their true beauty and pay homage to the past that strived on everything but fad diets and a spork.