Since 1976, Il Papiro has been producing objects in paper decorated by hand with techniques inspired by Tuscan regional tradition. In particular, it uses a technique that has almost disappeared, paper marbling. Precisely to illustrate this technique, in the stores, demonstrations are organized by craftsmen, while in the Grassina workshop, customers can personally try experimenting […]

A wide range of silverware such as bowls, candlesticks and sugar dispensers, made according to Florence’s artisan traditions, and a comprehensive line-up of traditional Jewish objects. Situated in the magical Sdrucciolo de’ Pitti, Argenteria Donato Zaccaro was founded as a craft workshop in 1969 and has since expanded its production, making items in 800 and […]

Located at the foot of the Etna volcano, Antonio Gulisano’s workshop specializes in the preservation and restoration of wooden works, gilding, selling of artwork, antiques and modern collectibles. After some years of training and working in Florence, where he restored works of art from the Uffizi Gallery and Palazzo Pitti, Antonio moved back to his […]

In her workshop just steps away from the beautiful Duomo of Orvieto, ceramist Anna Spallaccia creates perfect and sophisticated replicas of items made in the area in the Middle Ages, in particular, between the 1200s and 1300s: plates, glasses, jugs, vases, cups decorated with subjects (kings and queens, animals, acanthus…) and colors (manganese and copper […]

Legatoria Artigiana Napoli carries on the business started by the Eliseo family in the late 1800s and which today is housed in the 16th-century courtyard of Palazzo Marigliano, on Via San Biagio dei Librai, a historic street lined with publish- ing houses, printers and bookshops. In the high-ceilinged rooms there are still the punches for […]

Started in 2003 by Stefano Zanderighi and Marco Golinelli, Liuteria d’insieme is a workshop that deals with the making, assistance and restoration of a wide range of string instruments, from the oldest to the most modern ones. All musical instruments are crafted by hand and built to the customer’s specifications. The accurate selection of woods, […]

His apprenticeship began in Naples, the birthplace of elegance, and then continued for forty years in the shop in the salon of Florence, Via Tornabuoni. Today, Mario Scialee has customers from all over the world but does not abandon those Florentines who still love excellence in tailored apparel. The mastery in the cut and attention […]

Just as the Etruscans, of whom Volterra was one of the main city-states, did millennia ago, and just as his father, who opened the workshop in the late 1940s, did, so Spartaco Montagnani in his workshop in the heart of the historic center makes finely crafted cast bronze figurines. Reproductions of Etruscan art, including the […]

In the workshop of Loredana Mandas, gold filigree artist, one experiences the thrill of watching typical Sardinian jewels being created strictly by hand. In its showcases are fine jewels in traditional designs next to ethnic and geometric jewelry, also pendants, earrings, and rings, enriched with precious and semiprecious stones. Delicate compositions of intricate gold embroidery, […]

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 […]