Artisan Ateliers

Artisan ateliers

Portugal

• Vista AlegreÍlhavo

  The porcelain manufactory founded in 1824 by José Ferreira Pinto Basto at Ílhavo, near the coast south of Porto, whose in-house artisans still paint its pieces by hand; the manufactory is visited by appointment. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Spain

• GordiolaAlgaida, Mallorca

  A glassworks founded in 1719 and one of Spain's oldest companies, still making mouth-blown glass by traditional methods at its furnace in Algaida, with a shop in Palma. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

• Carmina ShoemakerPalma de Mallorca

  A Mallorcan shoemaker making shoes by hand since 1866. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

France

• MolinardGrasse

  A Grasse family perfume house in its fifth generation, making its perfumes in Grasse and keeping its historic Bastide as a heritage site, with perfume-creation workshops in Grasse, Nice and Paris. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

• RondiniSaint-Tropez

  Master sandal makers since 1927, still making each pair by hand in their workshop on rue Georges Clemenceau in Saint-Tropez. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

• K.JacquesSaint-Tropez

  Making sandals and leather goods by hand in Saint-Tropez since 1933. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Italy

• RubinacciNaples

  The Neapolitan tailoring house founded in 1932 by Gennaro Rubinacci as "London House", with a bespoke tailoring service. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

• KitonArzano, Naples

  Founded in 1968 by Ciro Paone and still family-owned, making hand-cut, hand-basted tailoring at its Arzano headquarters, with a bespoke service. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

• Cesare AttoliniCasalnuovo, Naples

  The tailoring house descended from Vincenzo Attolini, who in 1930 shaped the soft Neapolitan jacket; it makes handcrafted suits and shirts and offers bespoke. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

• E. MarinellaNaples

  The Neapolitan tie maker working since 1914, with ties and accessories handmade in Naples and a made-to-measure service. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

• CanforaVia Camerelle, Capri

  The Capri sandal maker founded in 1946 by Amedeo Canfora and now run by his grandson Costanzo, making sandals by hand and to measure, tracing each client's foot as it did for Jacqueline Kennedy.

• Stefano BemerVia San Niccolò, Florence

  A Florentine shoemaker offering fully bespoke shoes with its own lasts and signature fiddleback waist; it also owns the Florentine tailoring house Sartoria Vestrucci. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

• Scuola del CuoioSanta Croce, Florence

  The leather school founded after the Second World War by the Franciscan friars of Santa Croce with the Gori and Casini leather families to teach war orphans a trade; it still makes leather goods by hand, including to order. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

• Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria NovellaFlorence

  The historic pharmacy and perfumery of the Dominican convent of Santa Maria Novella, which dates its history to 1221. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

• Ginori 1735 (Richard-Ginori)Sesto Fiorentino

  The porcelain manufactory founded in 1735 by Marchese Carlo Andrea Ginori at Doccia, on the family estate outside Florence.

• VeniniMurano

  The glass house founded in 1921 by Paolo Venini and Giacomo Cappellin; all pieces are made by hand at its own Murano furnace, which also takes commissioned projects. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

• Barovier & TosoFondamenta Vetrai, Murano

  A Murano glass and lighting house tracing its family glassmaking to 1295, making hand-blown pieces and bespoke lighting. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

• FortunyGiudecca, Venice

  The textile house of Mariano Fortuny, whose factory on Giudecca, opened in the early 1920s, still prints its fabrics by its founder's methods; it is among the last working factories in Venice. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

• Tessitura Luigi BevilacquaVenice

  A Venetian silk weaver established in 1875, weaving velvet, damask and lampas on 17th-century hand looms. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

• RubelliSan Marco, Venice

  A Venetian family textile house of more than 130 years, making fabrics and wallcoverings for residences, with its headquarters in San Marco. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Greece

• Melissinos ArtMakrygianni, Athens

  A family sandal maker working since 1920, now in its third generation under Pantelis Melissinos, handcrafting bespoke leather sandals drawn from ancient Greek models near the Acropolis. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Türkiye

• Iznik FoundationIstanbul and İznik

  A foundation reviving the historic art of Iznik ceramics, with its workshop in İznik and its centre in Beşiktaş, Istanbul. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Morocco

None that meets our standard yet.