An unusual Italian mirror with carvings

Fascinating design

combined with the highest quality materials and craftsmanship, embody the

essence of the Florence Art brand.

Tradition

In the streets of Florence, you can breathe art, from S. Croce to Ponte Vecchio, and then again among sculptures

and paintings and furnishings of the Medici villas, a unique city, a territory where artists and

craftsmen have found their life force for centuries. The Florence Art brand was born in 1950

from this tradition, the manual skills of Tuscan artisans, from a love of art and beauty, from a passion for

classics and what made this territory great. It was established as a sculptural manufactory and has always been a manufacturing brand that explores new products, designs them, creates samples, sculpting them

entirely by hand, pantographing them, and preparing them for decoration. All production is carried out entirely in

Florentine style; each element is designed by one of our designers, making it

unique.

Design

Florence Art, with its in-house designers, sculptors, and carpenters, can produce any

type of work, even outside the Florentine style, as evidenced by some pieces made for luxury hotels.

On every Florence Art item, modifications and adjustments can be made, as well as

custom work by carpenters, all done entirely by hand. This way, the brand can furnish a bedroom, living room, bathroom, or boudoir, according to your design.

Style

The Florentine style is characterized by the way sculptures, finishes, and designs are executed, and these features are unique to a very small area, such as Florence. Every item made in the Florentine style has carved parts, but with a current, fresh, elegant taste; each part is well “notched,” meaning well-defined, harmonizing with a classic yet very youthful style. The lines of the items are both elegant and romantic. Silver, colored, and gold finishes make each line even more elegant and youthful.

Pattern and Sculpture

Sculpture results from the increasingly difficult-to-preserve heritage of Florentine traditions, distinguished by grace, harmony, and serving as a highlight and identifier of the entire production line. As is the case in Florence, it cannot be confused with other geographic areas. Professional figures with high skills and stylistic knowledge are required, such as a “sculptor,” who must create “models” of each item and then sculpt them.

A model is the part used to reproduce the sculpture with a pantograph; to create it first, a scaled drawing of the item is needed, then it is entirely hand-sculpted in wood. It is cut into pieces because the pantograph works on segments no wider than about 20 cm and about 190 cm long. For pantograph work, a “Pantograph” is needed to replicate the model in 16 or 24 pieces, followed by highly specialized carpenters who must know how to assemble the sculpted elements. Only these three professionals ensure that the production is more skilled and valuable.

Decoration

Decoration, always entirely handmade, becomes an even more refined element in various finishes; those made in Florence are incomparable with those from any other geographic area:

“Gwaszowa” decoration used throughout art history, from the Renaissance, which originated in Florence, to all other stylistic periods, applies to both gold leaf (e.g., Zecchino and Antique Patina) and real silver leaf finishes (Ghiaccio, Bianco, Consumato, Strappato), which could then be covered with Meccata (a special ancient color, still used, called Mekka, in finishes, Mekka and MeccaAntica), to resemble gold when in the past, there was no money for genuine gold.