Since 1999, when Florentine artist and jewelry designer Ippolita Rostagno launched her New York–based fine jewelry company, Ippolita, it has been a top seller at Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, and other luxury retailers. Now, for the first time, Ippolita can claim a home of its own with the opening of its first retail store, on Madison Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
The jewel-box space is intimate in size yet spacious enough to show off the company’s gold, sterling silver, and rose gold pieces, …