The workshop specializes in the restoration of wooden furniture and objects by combining the use of age-old techniques, artisan craftsmanship, the most advanced methods and latest market developments, such as the microwave woodworm treatment, one of its strengths. The expertise and skills of Federica Foppiani, Elisa Italiano and Federica Magli allow the workshop to cover […]

Since 1992 the company Pacifico Antonella has been a point of reference on the Italian and international market for the production of high quality crafts. Lace from Isernia, made by hand, using ancient techniques, is combined with the pure linen that is the absolute Pacifico protagonist. All the products are made using knowledge passed down […]

A business located in the heart of Udine. Started in 1966 inside Palazzo Brazzà by three women, the workshop has been run by Eva Seminara since 1999. She is passionately fond of the traditional artisan atmosphere that fills her  bookbinder’s workshop, but she also added a creative and modern touch which has made the business […]

Restoring works of art requires perhaps even more sensitivity, skill and patience than creating them. Pia Virgilio specializes in aesthetic and preservative restoration of terracotta, majolica, porcelain and biscuit objects, stoneware and enameled metal. After having studied at the famous Ballardini Institute of Faenza (a land known for its long-standing pottery-making tradition), Pia began working […]

Since 1963, this workshop has been producing authentic artisan Chiavari chairs. This tradition has been handed down here for more than two centuries, without neglecting the innovation and research into new forms and models. A result of the history of the place and the family, the young craftsmen who work in this shop today possess […]

Franco Puppato developed his passion at the age of fourteen by going to his uncle’s workshop in Treviso. He later moved to Venice, where he trained at Antonio Napoliello’s tailor’s shop, learning all the secrets behind men’s bespoke tailoring, including the technical trigonometry method, with which one can take accurate body measurements down to the […]

The Kennedys, King Charles III of England, the presi- dents of the Italian Republic, Aristotele Onassis and Daniel Craig in Skyfall: these are only a few of the famous names who fell in love with E. Marinella ties. And it’s hard to dis- agree with them. The ties by this historic brand created at the […]

The Roberto Ugolini workshop, in the heart of Florence, makes shoes entirely by hand that will cradle everyone’s feet, while respecting the particularities of each customer. In addition to the vast range of models available in the workshop, in fact, the artisans are able to fulfil the customer’s requests in the best way possible. The […]

After having studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Perugia and trained at Guido Montanari’s workshop in Deruta, Maria Antonietta Taticchi devoted herself to the creation of one-of-a-kind pieces, promotion of ceramic-making and of her hometown. She was awarded public recognition and has had her works shown across the world. A visit to her […]

Mario Di Donfrancesco creates unique works in his papier maché workshop in Lecce. Qualified by the Superintendency of Fine Arts, he also does delicate restoration work. A considerable number of his restored and newly made works can be found in various parts of Italy, Malta, Germany, the United States, and France. Di Donfrancesco produces a […]