Emilio Marchesini’s workshop creates sacred and modern-style silverware, even customized to the client’s specifications. Traditional processing methods are combined with creativity and use of modern technology. Emilio Marchesini is also passionately committed to teaching, in order to hand down this precious art to the new generations.

The Longo family’s activity in the field of antique reproduction furniture began in 1974 with Giuseppe, an expert carpenter and restorer. He then passed down this art to his son Gabriele, who over time became a sculptor as well as carver. Today the workshop deals mainly with the restoration of furniture, windows and doors, as […]

The perfect Italian shoe: this is the ambitious goal that Stefano Bemer set himself in 1983 when he started his business in the heart of Florence. And indeed, this brand of men’s shoes, made by hand, have become synonymous with quality and excellence, and, even today, after the untimely death of Stefano, Tommaso Melani carries […]

UFIP was first opened at the beginning of the last century as a distribution company, therefore with a purely commercial function. Over the years, however, the increasingly precise knowledge of the needs of the market has turned this company into a dynamic business that produces cymbals and percussion instruments. Today UFIP is a company that […]

Pietro Cavalazzi is one of the rare master bow makers. He has been making bows on commission for violins, violas, cellos and double basses since 1983, both for students and for well-known musicians. His distinctive mark is the symbol of the Milan cathedral on the frog. In his fascinating shop, he uses his skill and […]

Cusenza Marmi is an artisan business that specializes in inlaid marble work, both high and low-relief. It was established in 1970, in the Erice area, in Western Sicily, which has been known for marble quarrying and processing for centuries. The works, which range from sculptures to furniture to sacred art, are inspired by the Sicilian […]

Angelo Raffaele Andrulli is a skillful luthier who makes and repairs by hand string instruments (violins, violas and cellos) and related accessories, such as chin rests (made with wooden materials, mostly maple-wood and olive-wood from the Matera and Altamura areas), tailpieces and tuning pegs. Instruments of the highest craftsmanship decorated, on request,  with elaborate bas-reliefs, […]

Just a few dozen metres from Porta San Frediano stands the workshop of the Fratelli Ciulli, specialised in the production and working of objects in iron and brass. Since 1950 the Ciulli brothers have been creating chandeliers, wall lamps, decor accessories and lampstands that bring together the expertise of craft workmanship and aesthetic research. Customers […]