The color of the Violets turned into a Thread ……. so that the memory of a love story linked to the color of violets was transformed into a thread and then into the trademark of the Antica Fabbrica Passamanerie Massia Vittorio 1843 The story handed down by the family tells of Vittorio, who was in …
Want to stand out this summer? Hide your eyes behind a lens with protective filters and glamorous frames? The Antica Occhialeria of Florence has your glasses or builds them for you in a completely artisanal way. They anticipate trends based on experience and expertise. So let’s find out what they have created for the 2021 …
We are in the center of Florence, in Borgo Santi Apostoli in the heart of the city, a few steps away from Ponte Vecchi and from the Uffizi galleries, and he is Tommaso Pestelli goldsmith. During the Renaissance the link between figurative arts and goldsmiths was very strong and many painters and sculptors of …
We are on the hills just outside Florence in a place that encompasses a love of tradition, fine manufacturing, high education, a center for research, restoration and culture. The co-protagonists of this adventure are the manual Jacquard looms of the late 19th century; the loom setters with their attention and skill; the weavers with their …
Have you ever entered an Italian historical Bottega? They are enchanted places where it seems to go back in time, where everything speaks of tradition and culture. To be referred to as “historical exercise” one must have exercised the activity in the same economic sector for at least 50 years, without interruption. Many of the …
Thanks to 8 women, a profession that has deep feminine roots becomes “The Art of Glass Pearls” an intangible UNESCO ICH heritage. We are in Veneto, especially in the popular Castello-Venice district, and already between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, women strung pearls, in the impirar dialect, near their homes. The impiraresse usually gathered in …
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Established in 1720, it is the oldest shop still existing in Florence. Passed down from father to son up to the present day on a continuous basis as well as being in the same place for 301 years. For this reason the Filistrucchi have received the recognition of both Master Craftsmen, Bottega Storica and Bottega …
