15 | FRANCO CATALINI | VERONA | ITALY
BIO
Franco Casotto has worked as a craftsman and cabinetmaker for twenty-five years, while Mattia Pasini is a young interior designer. They met by chance in 2011, and have worked together since then. Once dedicated to restoration only, today the workshop’s products bear modern as well as antique traits.
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FRANCO CATALINI
The brand Franco Catalini produces bow ties made of refined wood. Each piece is unique, hand-gouged and treated with beeswax onyl.
Dates and Places
Year: 2015
Design place: San Giovanni Ilarione (VR)
Place of production: San Giovanni Ilarione (VR)
Partner
Casotto Restauri
Materials
leather
European wood (walnut, cherry, box, olive, vine)
exotic wood (mahogany, American palm, padauk, amaranth, black African ebony, zebrano)
Manufacturing process
cabinet making techniques
treatment with beeswax
vegetable tanning for the leather strap and pocketbook