Carlo Semenzato trained at the historic Fonderia Valese, founded in 1913, and has been the owner of the business since 2006. Semenzato creates his works by using the traditional Fontainebleau glass sand, pressing it into wooden or iron frames to work the object into the desired shape. Once the casts are removed, molten metal (either […]

The creative heart of Angela Caputi’s Giuggiù brand is based in Florence, where the famous fashion designer gives life to her creations. They are the fruit of a passion for fashion and a desire to communicate with women. The Angela Caputi firm, established worldwide for its unique and inimitable jewelry, has earned respect from the […]

Craftsmanship becomes art in the workshop of Anna Barola, who makes exclusively by hand curtains, tablecloths, sheets and furnishing objects by using traditional Umbrian embroidery and lacemaking techniques, according to the artist’s creativity or to the customer’s specifications. Anna Barola’s production line has recently expanded to include the so-called fuseruole, small objects of ancient origin […]

A Florentine institution in the silverware manufacturing field since 1902, Pampaloni specializes in the production of a wide choice of silver objects by drawing from extensive archives of shapes and models and by using state-of-the-art technology which allows to reproduce any organic shape. Many are the commemorative pieces made to celebrate cultural or sporting achievements, […]

The famous company Liverino was founded at the end of the nineteenth century. Basilio Liverino, with remarkable intelligence and a great passion for coral, has made the red gold famous worldwide. Enzo Liverino was born into this tradition and continues to produce and market artistic works of fine jewellery all over the world with the […]

Marina and Susanna Sent carry on the family glass-making tradition by applying it to the world of jewellery. At their workshop in Murano, started in 1993, they create original glass jewellery, the result of technical and stylistic innovation, but also sculptures in mosaic and filigree glass, glass-fused plates and vitreous fabrics. Art objects successfully showcased […]

Since 1849 the Cordani family has been making hand-woven silk velvet. They still use the nineteenth-century wooden frames to create etched velvets, yokes on satin backgrounds and gros de tours, all with pure silk threads. The feather in the cap of this company is the smooth velvet of Genoa, of which they are the only […]

As a stage and screen actor, Stefano Nicolao developed such a passion for costumes that, in 1980, he started his own workshop which has become, over time, very popular with major theatres all over the world and international filmmaking productions. Clothing, linens, headgear, cloaks… fabulous costumes featured in prestigious collections such as at New York’s […]

When contemporary art meets the great masters of Murano glass-making the result is truly amazing. This is what has been happening since 1989 at Berengo Studio, started by Adriano Berengo who picked up the legacy of Peggy Guggenheim and Egidio Costantini and their Furnace of Angels and invites internationally-renowned artists to learn more about this […]

In the fourteenth-century house, Torre dei Sapiti, in a workshop with barrel-vaulted ceilings, carved capitals and walls of exposed stone, is the workshop of Paolo Pagliai, silversmith and restorer, heir of a family that has been working at this craft in the Oltrarno area since 1930. His workshop is a reference point for antique dealers, […]