The front cover of this handmade photo album has been made with marbled paper. Cream cardboard was used for the inside, separated by protective tissue overlays.
Height 30 cm
Width 23 cm
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
Angelo, Gabriele & Gianluca Marchesi
- Legatoria Conti Borbone
- Bookbinder
- Milan, Italy
- Master Artisan
Contact
Italian
Hours:
Monday to Friday 08:00 - 12:00 / 13:00 - 18:30 and Saturday 08:30 - 12:00
Monday to Friday 08:00 - 12:00 / 13:00 - 18:30 and Saturday 08:30 - 12:00
Phone:
+39 0286450090
+39 0286450090
© All rights reserved
The culture of beauty
- • Legatoria Conti Borbone was founded nearly 150 years ago
- • To this day it is a reference point for artistic bookbinding
- • The city of Milan awarded it the title of Historical Workshop
The Marchesi brothers Angelo, Gabriele and Gianluca are the direct descendants of Carlo Domenico Conti Borbone, who opened his bookbinding shop in Milan in 1873. Of his many artistic bindings, the Legatoria Conti Borbone still preserves three prestigious and beautifully bound volumes published in 1885 for Cardinal Massaia. In 1919, the original workshop moved to Corso Magenta, where it remained for over a century. The three brothers (since 2000 officially at the helm of the family business) relentlessly continue to expand and innovate their refined products. In the meantime, Gianluca retired, and Gabriele and Angelo relocated their atelier to Milan's Porta Romana disctrict. Wandering amongst the shelves which are piled high in volumes, leather and paper, and into the fascinating atelier with its hundreds of tools, you can get closer to the secrets of "a 'lesser' art, of course, but still an art," as the Marchesi brothers love to say.
Read the full interviewWorks
Photo: © Conti Borbone
Photo Album Leonardo
Photo: © Conti Borbone
Photo Album Sonia
The front cover of this handmade photo album has been made with marbled paper. Cream cardboard was used for the inside, separated by protective tissue overlays.
Height 30 cm
Width 23 cm
Photo: © Conti Borbone
Leather Faux Books Waste Paper Bin
This waste paper basket was handmade with faux book covers made of leather and adorned with gold impressions, hand printed one by one.
Height 30 cm
Width 25 cm
Depth 25 cm
Photo: © Conti Borbone
Luxury Guestbook
The Luxury Guestbook was hand bound with high quality calf leather. The four front corners were each made of four gold embossed friezes, adorned with four garnet stones set in 925 silver, cabochon cut. In the centre, in gold, an allegorical coat of arms was printed on the dashboard with an empty central space. The back is divided into five boxes delimited by four cords.
Height 42 cm
Width 30 cm
Photo: © Conti Borbon
Faux Books
These faux books have been covered with leather and adorned individually with gold prints and various titles, genres and authors.
Height 42 cm
Width 30 cm
Latest Instagram posts
You may also like
Organised by
Under the high patronage of
In partnership with
