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 […]

Rodolfo Palermo combines a passion for materials and elegant shapes with a solid artistic and technical training, accompanied by a decade of experience in the field of goldsmithing. Maestro d’Arte and later Maestro d’Arte e delle Arte Applicate, as well as working in his own goldsmith workshop, he is a professor at the TADS (Tarì […]

The firm has an ancient tradition dating back to 1500. In 1700, according to historical records, this direction was taken by the Mulè family. Bronze bells are made by hand and on commission both for churches and for private individuals. In addition to the traditional bells, it also makes tuned concert bells, made according to […]

Lecce and papier-mâché, a combination whose origins date back to the distant 1700s, today is revived in the workshop of Marco Epicochi, multi-talented artist and teacher. Marco embraces and makes the Lecce tradition his own, creating splendid statues of various sizes, made with skill and care, and characterized by his unmistakable style and unique expressiveness. […]

Silvia Giorgetti can be described as a “fabric alchemist”. In her textile design workshop, Silvia designs and creates hand-painted fabrics, transforming rolls of silk, cotton, velvet, linen and hemp into textile objects and clothing by using various techniques, often more than one technique at the same time, in particular, the Indonesian batik and Japanese shibori […]

Saverio Pastor, the brains and soul behind Le fórcole, is the senior member of the group of Venetian rowers and the trusted supplier of gondoliers and Veneto-style rowing lovers from all over the world since 1981. At his workshop, together with Pietro Meneghini, he makes beech and ramin-wood oars, walnut, pear and cherry wood rowlocks […]

Musella Dembech is an elegant tailor’s shop of long-standing. The secrets of a highly skilled trade bordering on art have been handed down through three generations. A sophisticated style that Francesco Musella, a master tailor of the old Milanese Caraceni school, alongside his son Gianfrancesco, has built gradually, day by day, viewing the customer as […]

A tailor-made suit is much more than a suit. There is a story behind it, which becomes one with that of the man who wears the suit, faithfully reflecting it. Not only in the silhouette, but also in the fabric, color, cut and in every single detail. This is the working philosophy of Sartoria Italiano, […]

Pia Mariani’s experimental jewel: an independent production, totally Italian, in gold, diamonds and precious stones. The result of an ingenious research. Pia Mariani is an artist-designer with a degree in painting from the Brera Academy who, after numerous collaborations with Italian and foreign jewelers, and after a “revealing” trip to Japan, decided to create her […]

Between the 18th and 19th centuries, Naples was consid- ered to be one of the European capitals of music. The roots of the Calace luthier’s workshop are firmly plant- ed in this prestigious tradition. It has been making plectrum instruments – mandolins, mandolas, mand- aloncellos and the liuto cantabile, known and popular all over the […]