Local Craft & Artisan Shops — Firenze
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Giulio Giannini e Figlio
Florence's oldest marbled-paper workshop, run by the same family on Piazza Pitti since Pietro Giannini opened a bookbindery there in 1856.
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Il Bisonte
A Florentine leather atelier founded in 1970 by Wanny Di Filippo, known for vegetable-tanned bags built around a bison-and-star logo and slower, hand-based production.
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Loretta Caponi
A haute-couture linen and embroidery atelier opened in 1967 by Loretta Caponi, whose hand-embroidered nightwear once dressed European royalty and Jane Fonda.
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Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella
The world's oldest pharmacy, tracing its roots to 1221, still selling perfumes, waters and remedies from a frescoed 13th-century chapel beside the church.
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Pineider
A Florentine stationery and leather house founded in 1774 by Francesco Pineider, once favoured by Napoleon and Lord Byron, now trading from the Lungarno degli Acciaiuoli.
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Eataly
Ship home authentic Roman specialties — guanciale, pecorino, and more.
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Scuola del Cuoio
A working leather school and workshop tucked inside the Santa Croce complex, founded in 1950 by Franciscan friars and the Gori and Casini families.