ROBERTO AND IRENE

Roberto, with his lively energy, sparkling eyes, skilled hands and quick mind. And an unstoppable passion for carving combined with a surprising ability for an enterprising 14-year-old from 1951 San Frediano, the marvellous Florentine neighbourhood dear to the writer Vasco Pratolini. A boy who impetuously set out on his own path in 1958 and who today joins with Irene, a brilliant young economist and much-loved granddaughter, who with Roberto, grandfather and mentor, shares a passion for this classic and fantastic world of history and entrepreneurial flair.

A harmonious, transgenerational passage for a multifaceted and changing modern day which must face contemporary challenges in a world demanding transparency and integrity, competence and values, combined with a proven expertise.

A path that has unfolded over the decades and that today, quite naturally, combines manual skill and technology, and revives on an industrial scale admirable objects of sumptuous beauty, carefully crafted by hand one by one.