Born to a photographer father and designer mother, Marta Ferri channeled all her exuberant creativity into fashion designing. In her first-floor atelier, housed in an old downtown building, she creates extremely original bespoke dresses and wedding gowns: her “forte” lies in the fabrics, mostly upholstery fabrics, featuring unusual patterns and colors. In her atelier, she […]

Ornella Aprosio, since 1993 has been drawing on an inner font of visions, ideals, and memories to create a sparkling world of beauty, inspired by nature. The raw materials for her pieces are the intangible and bright Murano glass beads and Bohemian crystal, that in her Florentine workshop, which brings to mind the Renaissance, become […]

The list of famous clients who frequent the Sartoria Gallo speaks volumes about the quality of its items of clothing. The skilled hands of Luigi Gallo have in fact dressed people such as Stefano Accorsi, Michele Placido and many others. Today his son Marco, who grew up admiring the skilful work of his father, is […]

The Capodimonte Porcelain D’Arte firm was founded by master craftsman Salvatore De Palma in 1930. It is now in its second generation, with Pasquale De Palma, who carries on the art passed down by his father with care and wisdom. All of this is reflected in the accuracy of the details and the delicacy of […]

The master goldsmith Danilo Bonucci has been running his business since 1990, creating jewellery using all different types of precious metals, stones and pearls. It often start from a customer’s idea, to which the master goldsmith gives shape through traditional techniques: lamination, embossing, hammering, lost wax moulding and even Etruscan granulation, creating unique pieces. The […]

The Ruffoni family has been producing hand-woven carpets since 1935. What distinguishes their products is the use of the traditional technique of Valtellina pezzotto, in combination with an ongoing research into style. The process is exclusively manual, and the warp and weft are interwoven to produce a magnificent artistic creation. Carpets, tapestries and textiles of […]

The workshop began in Florence in 1935 by Carlo Foglia, come from Bergamo and was carried on by his son and now his grandson. The ornaments and jewellery are made with the technique and the art of engraving and embossing, a branch of silverware that has no industrialised phase. Everything starts from a hammered piece […]

The outstanding personal qualities, combined with the solid family tradition, make Piero Fogarizzu an experienced Master cutler. The Fogarizzu family have been making magnificent handcrafted Sardinian knives for four generations now. Faithful to the ancient tradition of ‘frailalzuor’ of the Sardinian blacksmiths, Piero does not fail to endow his creations with his personal touch. In […]

A kind and sincere person, Giuseppina Altieri has been working leather for 30 years. In 1985, she attended the annual saddle-making course in Rome and felt immediately confident and at ease with this form of craftwork. Over the years, Giuseppina has gained the experience required to make objects of the highest quality and any kind […]

The capable hands of maestro Eugenio Celestino opened the original artisan workshop in the town of Longobucco in the 1930s for the production, on traditional handlooms, of the finest fabrics that were used for coverlets, tapestries, carpets, doilies, household linens and trousseau. The quality of the textiles was such that the workshop became a supplier […]