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This amethyst bracelet pairs Hector Aguilar's substantial Taxco metalwork with set stone, a combination that gave the Taller Borda's jewelry color and richness alongside its characteristic weight. Aguilar founded the workshop after managing William Spratling's silver operation, and its bracelets are among the most recognizable pieces it produced.
The amethyst supplies a deep violet focus against the metal, the stone integrated into the kind of solid, hand-filling band Aguilar favored. The result is a bracelet that reads as both jewelry and object, in keeping with the Taller Borda's approach across its 1939 to 1962 production.
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