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Giorgio Pecchioni has been crafting imaginative works of art from alabaster since 1984. His hometown, Volterra, is located in the beautiful heart of Tuscany, renowned for its mining and artistic production of alabaster.

Our friends at Ciao Bella Italy (www.ciaobellaitaly.com) offer an extensive selection of authentic Italian ceramics and pottery from all regions of Italy. From small gifts and dinnerware, to fountains and urns, Ciao Bella has something beautiful for everyone. Below is a sampling of their hundreds of belle cose; visit them today online or if you [...]

The Garfagnana, a mountainous region in northwest Tuscany, has long been home to a rich tradition of handweaving. In the 1950′s, Anna Pedri urged a group of fellow handweavers in the area to combine their talents and their looms in order to promote and protect their craft. So a weaving “cooperative” was born and over several years the group grew to 80 members. This group became the company known as Artes – Artigianato Tessile (textile handcraft) – becoming one of the first and most prestigious Italian companies run by women.

An Italian artisan of the first order, Simone Taddei is the third generation of a family business dedicated to producing exquisite leather articles completely by hand. Taddei’s talent and perfectionism is exceeded only by his warmth and graciousness. Simone’s workshop on Via Santa Margherita, a stone’s throw from Florence’s famous Piazza Signoria, smells of leather and wood and like all places of great creativity, is enchantingly messy and atmospheric.

Since 1960, the Albizzi family has been creating extraordinary reproductions of antique chandeliers, lamps and sconces in their workshop near the Piazza Santo Spirito in Florence. Inspired by classical Italian style, their designs are appropriate for more formal settings, whether estate homes, hotels, museums or palaces.