Carrera Y Carrera craftsmen are sculptors who cast in gold with imagination and skill

In the Spanish capital the Carrera family is sculpting jewels of distinction. Since 1885 it has been building statuesque collections of a sculptural finesse that is Carrera Y Carrera's distinguishing mark. The exquisitely carved finery of the company which bears the family name evokes the wonder and the splendour of its mythological origins and brings to the most classical images a style that is uniquely and identifiably its own.

It was the Carrera family who brought the first lapidary workshop to Spain in the late 1800s. so the Spaniards were introduced to the art of professionally cutting, polishing and engraving precious stones by a young Carrera who learnt the beautiful lapidary craft in Paris. With no sons of his own, this Carrera decided to take on a nephew as apprentice and later this nephew's brother. As the workshop grew so too did its renown, and the pioneering role of the Carreras in the painstaking art of setting gems became widely acclaimed.

By the 1970's six Carreras were working in the jewellery trade. Two young family members decided to weld their creativity, experience and knowledge of the market. Carrera Y Carrera, SA was conceived from their union and into it was channelled nearly one hundred years' learning in the trade.