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Hemp tablecover, entirely hand woven using old balls of thread.
Refined by “giorno” sewing.
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When Garfagnana lived of agriculture and sheep-farming, the handloom was also part of the daily life of families. Handlooms were built by the farmers themselves with seasoned chestnut wood; some of them were very simple, other more equipped and even inlaid. They were usually set in lofts or basements and women used to weave with the feeble light of petrol lamps.
That's how threads of hemp, linen, silk or wool were transformed into stoles, arrays, pillows, sheets, blankets.
Today this old work is carried out by few weavers who, like the ancestors, look for ancient yarns in grandmothers' trousseaux, fabrics of local production and provide themselves with wool produced by locally raised animals.
They dye clothes themselves: only colouring the materials with plant dye they can get the particular colour nuances handed down across the centuries; then the patient use of ancient foot looms, the proposal of patterns and colour matches typical of the oldest Lucca tradition.
Weaving is an art, kept alive by a great passion.
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Hemp tablecover, entirely hand woven using old balls of thread.
Refined by “giorno” sewing.
Set for the game of Filetto, handmade by our master craftsmen, consisting of:
- Carrara marble chessboard size cm. 15 x 15
- 3 White Carrara marble pawns diameter cm. 3,5
- 3 Nero Marquina marble pawns diameter cm. 3,5
handmade and glazed
Wonderful reproductions of home and wild animals that can live in our houses, parks and gardens as alive and real presences.
A faithful reproduction of art bottles portraying the ancient crafts of Tuscan Renaissance "Il Fruttivendolo" (The Fruiterer).
This object is rigorously and skilfully hand made and painted by Master Craftsmen from Montelupo, therefore it appears unique in its details.
Terracotta jar decorated with hand painted lemons.
Every terracotta object can be decorated with patterns and decorations, both from classic and moder tradition, entirely handmade.
Every-day objects suggesting ancient traditions.
Each apple is carved from a single piece of white Carrara marble, sculpted, finished and polished in its natural state: "nature".
Small irregularities in the shape make each fruit unique.
Montelupo art majolica centre-piece "Rinascimento - Raphaelesque decoration".
This object is rigorously and skilfully hand made and painted by Master Craftsmen from Montelupo, therefore it appears unique in its details.
This object is rigorously and skilfully hand made and painted by Master Craftsmen from Montelupo, therefore it appears unique in its details.
A faithful reproduction of art bottles portraying the ancient crafts of Tuscan Renaissance "Il Pescatore" (The Fisherman).
This object is rigorously and skilfully hand made and painted by Master Craftsmen from Montelupo, therefore it appears unique in its details.
handmade and glazed
Wonderful reproductions of home and wild animals that can live in our houses, parks and gardens as alive and real presences.
handmade statue in antifreeze terracotta
"unique piece"
Even Pinocchio's story, the famous wooden puppet born from the fantasy of a brilliant Tuscan as Carlo Collodi, finds an excellent place in our gardens.
Each banana has been crafted entirely by hand by skilled Tuscan artisans: this is why every piece is made unique by the slight variations in shape and shade of the terracotta.
Carved from an only block of White Carrara marble, entirely hand-worked, bush-hammered outside and practical spout.
Complete of a wooden pestle, suitable to the practical use in the kitchen and herbal preparations.
Musician frog – “The Bass” is made in Montelupo art majolica.
This object is rigorously and skilfully hand made and painted by Master Craftsmen from Montelupo, therefore it appears unique in its details.
Each tomato is carved from an only piece of White Carrara marble, sculpted and hand painted with pigments of natural origin and bee wax, using the same methods of Michelangelo age.
Each fruit is made unique by small irregularities of shape and colour.
