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A century of gold, told by the world
From Bogotá to New York, Madrid to Washington D.C.
Vogue LATAM & Vogue México
Charm and novelty — #LatinsInVogue
“A brand with heritage. L.A. Cano is a Colombian jewelry house that has worked alongside artisans for over 100 years. Each piece is crafted with tumbaga — a pre-Columbian alloy of gold and copper — and a deep understanding of ancestral pattern-making techniques.”
— Vogue México, #LatinsInVogue, March 2017Vogue LATAM features Cano’s Pendientes Tayrona in its August 2017 bohemian fashion editorial, styled with Colombian actress Carolina Ribón. Vogue México selects Cano as one of 4 Latin jewelry brands you must know today under #LatinsInVogue, highlighting the brand’s century-long artisan tradition and tumbaga pre-Columbian technique.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York
Official Reproduction Partner of The Met’s Pre-Columbian Collection
“For us, this collaboration represents far more than an international showcase. It is a recognition of the work of Colombian artisans, the ancestral lost-wax technique, and the importance of preserving and sharing the cultural heritage of our territory.”
— Eduardo Cano, General Manager, Casa Joyera CanoCano is the official reproduction partner of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York — selected to reproduce pieces from the museum’s permanent pre-Columbian collection for The Met Store. This renewed collaboration retakes a relationship that began over fifty years ago, when Cano was first invited by The Met in the 1970s to develop authorized reproductions of pre-Columbian masterpieces.
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National Geographic Society · Washington D.C.
Colombian Treasures at Geographic Hall — “Gold, The Eternal Treasure”
“Cano’s ‘From the Land of El Dorado’ — a glittering display of solid gold artifacts from prehistoric Colombia — exhibited at the National Geographic Society’s Explorers Hall. Cano’s meticulous lost-wax reproductions displayed alongside originals, showing how they were made.”
— The Washington Post, December 30, 1973In 1973, Cano was invited to exhibit “From the Land of El Dorado” at the National Geographic Society’s Explorers Hall in Washington D.C., representing Tairona, Muisca, Quimbaya, Calima, Sinú and Tolima cultures. Guillermo Cano was later filmed for a National Geographic documentary in 1978. The January 1974 issue of National Geographic featured Cano gold on its cover.
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The Business of Fashion · Global Markets
Can Latin American Fashion Brands Crack Europe?
“For Eduardo Cano, a fifth-generation jeweller, establishing a mono-brand store in Spain was a natural step after 30 years of wholesaling his Bogotá-based house Cano through El Corte Inglés. The Madrid boutique, which opened in 2024, is intended to support wider European expansion for the Colombian brand.”
— The Business of Fashion, June 2026BoF profiles Cano as one of the few Latin American brands to have built a lasting presence in Europe — highlighted as a model of disciplined, long-term international growth rooted in category expertise and cultural authenticity, alongside Silvia Tcherassi and Padova.
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The New York Times · 1979 & 1984
Inspired by Colombian Art — Replicas Even Pre-Colombians Couldn’t Tell Apart
“The Cano family is reproducing many of the designs, using the techniques of the Indians: lamination repousse, the incision process and the lost-wax method. The new jewelry, handmade in Colombia of 18-karat gold, jasper, black onyx, white quartz, jadeite and emerald, is now available at the Galeria Cano in the Trump Tower.”
— The New York Times, September 2, 1984The New York Times featured Cano twice — first in 1979 alongside Bloomingdale’s under the headline “The Great Gold-of-El-Dorado Rush: Replicas Even Pre-Colombians Couldn’t Tell Apart”, and again in 1984 profiling Guillermo Cano’s museum-quality pre-Columbian reproductions available at Galería Cano in Trump Tower, New York.
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