Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Shopping
Check out the City of Artisans local life feature (
Click here
)
for details on where to buy
unique, hand-crafted goodies.
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Scarpelli Mosaici
ART
The entire Scarpelli family works hard to preserve the art of
pietre dure
, puzzlelike marble
mosaics, at this beautiful craft laboratory and art gallery in San Lorenzo. And if master
craftsmen Renzo and Leonardo Scarpelli have time, they just might give you a quick intro-
duction to this beautiful yet incredibly painstaking Florentine craft dating back to the
Renaissance.
(
055 21 25 87;
www.scarpellimosaici.it
;
Via Ricasoli 59r)
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Mrs Macis
Workshop and showroom of the talented Carla Macis, this eye-catching boutique -
dollhouse-like in design - specialises in very feminine 1950s, '60s and '70s clothes and
jewellery made from new and recycled fabrics. Every piece is unique and fabulous.
(Borgo
FASHION
Pinti 38r;
4-7.30pm Mon, 10.30am-1pm & 4-7.30pm Tue-Sat)
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Archivi Fotografici Alinari
The world's oldest photographic firm has, since its founding in 1852, amassed an archive
of some 3.5 million photographs, ranging from daguerreotypes to digital images. Its
archives are open to the public, and you can still follow Lucy Honeychurch's lead in
A
Room with a View
and order prints of the original photographs.
(
PHOTOGRAPHY
055 2 39 51;
www.alinari.it
;
Largo Fratelli Alinari 15;
9am-1pm, 2-6pm Mon-Fri, closed 2 weeks mid-Aug)
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Mesticheria Colorificio Poli
ARTS & CRAFTS
