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the beginning of the Thirties the tradition of
willow weaving was very widespread in the Enza
Valley and it was skilfully executed by local
women in order to make baskets of different shapes
and sizes. Castagnetti & Co.
was born in this context and working with passion
and competence was able to set up a sales network
and a distribution system of the Enza Valley basket
in the most important department stores of Europe
and North America. |
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Architects
from all over Europe brought their ideas in order
to create quality products, distributing them
with a sole brand in the best shops.
The experience acquired in that period allowed
Castagnetti’s firm to widen their knowledge
concerning design and the quality of their products.
At the end of the Seventies the firm had attained
such a level that they could be considered a leader
in wicker weaving.
Reproductions of items of the end of the nineteenth
century and beginning of the twentieth century
or new ones, according to the tendencies of the
time, represented the main features of the production
and they could be admired in the loveliest houses
of Italy.
They started widening their range of products
that till that moment consisted of seats and thinking
about the utilization of wicker even for other
furnishing complements. Wardrobes, sideboards
and cabinets were added to the production and
gave an alternative to traditional furniture. |
Frequent
trips to the East opened the door to new markets
and new products at the end of the Eighties.
Wood and everything in a colonial style have become
one of the main line of business of Castagnetti
& Co. till the creation of the
line “Ethnic World”
that was planned to import the flavour of furnishing
with items characterized by an antique flavour,
pregnant with history and made of excellent wood
by the best craftsmen of the time.
Even reproductions are the results of studies
and researches made on the spot, trying to keep
a colonial flavour, using the same materials and
techniques of long ago .
In spite of these big changes, Italian production
has not remained unchanged. Combining different
materials with wicker, we have created modern
items that are approaching more and more Italian
furnishing culture to a universal furnishing of
living the house
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