Baroque bedside table from Italy

Enchanting design combined with the highest quality raw materials and craftsmanship give a glimpse into the Florence Art manufactory.

Tradition

Among the streets of Florence, one can breathe art, from S. Croce to Ponte Vecchio, and then again among sculptures, paintings, and furnishings of the Medici villas—an exceptional city, a territory where artists and artisans have found their life force for centuries. Florence Art was born in 1950 from this tradition, the manual skills of Tuscan craftsmen, a love for art and beauty, and a passion for classicism and what made this territory great. It originated as a sculptural company and has always been a manufacturing brand that researches new products, designs them, creates samples, and sculpts them entirely by hand, pantographs them, and prepares them for decoration. All production is carried out entirely in Florentine style; each element is designed by one of our designers and is unique.

Design

With its internal designers, sculptors, and carpenters, Florence Art can undertake any type of work, even outside the Florentine style, as evidenced by some projects made for luxury hotels. On every Florence Art item, modifications and adjustments can be made, including work entirely handcrafted by carpenters for customization. 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—Florence. Every item made in the Florentine style features carved parts with a current, fresh, and elegant taste; each part is well “notched,” meaning well-defined, harmonizing with a classic yet youthful style. The lines of the items are simultaneously elegant and romantic. Silver, colored, and gold finishes make each line even more elegant and youthful.

Pattern and Sculpture

Sculpture results from the increasingly challenging Florentine heritage, distinguished by grace and harmony, and is a key element in highlighting and identifying the entire production line. As is the case in Florence, it cannot be confused with other regions. Skilled professionals with great design abilities 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, an article drawing at scale is needed first, 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. The pantograph operator replicates the model in 16 or 24 pieces, which are then assembled by highly specialized carpenters who know how to join the carved elements. Only these three professionals ensure a more skilled and valuable production.

Decoration

Decoration, always entirely handcrafted, becomes an even more refined element in various finishes. Those made in Florence are incomparable to those from any other region:

“Gouache” decoration, used throughout art history from the Renaissance—born in Florence—and in all other stylistic periods, applies to both gold leaf (e.g., Zecchino and Antique Patina) and genuine silver leaf finishes (Ghiaccio, Bianco, Consumato, Strappato). These can be further coated with Meccata (covered with a special ancient color, still used today, called Mekka, in finishes like Mekka and MeccaAntica), to resemble gold when, in the past, there was no money to purchase real gold.