TOOLS – Beyond Hands Towards Beauty
Continuing with the successful publishing plan launched in 2007 with the volume LOCKS – SERRATURE, followed in due course by a second publication entitled DOORKNOCKERS – PICCHIOTTI DA PORTA, Alessandro and Fiorenzo Cesati were pleased to present in 2013 a new book whose focus is on tools, coming as the third of an ideal trio …
A Luxury French Lathe
Along the 17th and 18th century, European nobility and royalty had among their hobbies also manual activities. French kings as well as German princes and noblemen loved to be trained, often with the help of a teacher, to practice metalworking and to make with their hands iron, wood and ivory pieces. Given their privileged economic …
DOORKNOCKERS – A Collection of Iron Sculptures
Two years after the publication of the book LOCKS-SERRATURE, which was greeted with great enthusiasm by collectors around the world, the Alessandro Cesati gallery paid homage in 2009 with a new work to another important family of objects in iron – doorknockers – by presenting a rare and varied collection of figurative objects. Like locks, …
A rare Flemish Bucket
This beautiful piece belongs to the large group of holy water buckets typically made in the Flemish and Dutch areas between the 13th and the 16th century. These pails were produced mainly in brass and bronze and in different sizes: generally the largest ones were intended for churches, while the small ones for private devotion. …
LOCKS – A Collection of Masterpieces
The book LOCKS-SERRATURE, released in 2007, saw Alessandro and Fiorenzo Cesati create the first in a series of publications to illustrate in depth their founding passion for iron: an authentic ‘magnetic’ attraction for this metal, whose various crafted forms are able to stir ever new and different emotions. Combining the historical and scientific approach with …
The Alessandro Cesati gallery has been taking part in the most prominent and select Italian and international exhibitions for many years now.
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