O) home linens and fine lingerie, fine gold and gemstome jewelry Fashion and culture itinerary in Florence

In the exclusive cornice of her Piazza Antinori atelier, Loretta Caponi and her daughter Lucia propose Loretta's creations, featuring exquisite couture and elegant styling, for children, women, men, and the home. Nightgowns, pijama, slips, suits and dresses, and table, bed and bath linens in precious fabrics (silk, linen, cotton and cashmere) finely decorated with laces, customized for her refined clientele with sartorial monograms and embroidery. The collections reflect the wealth of creativity and handwork skill accrued by Loretta in more than 40 years of prestigious activity.
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All that remains of the original, eleventh century Vallombrosian church, is the Romanesque façade (visible on the inside of the building) and the crypt. The XVI century façade by Buontalenti leads to the cross-vaulted Gothic interior with its lateral chapels. One of these chapels, Bartolini-Salimbeni, was decorated by Lorenzo Monaco during the first half of the fifteenth century. Two other masterpieces created for this church, but now in museums, the Adoration of the Magi by Gentile da Fabriano (Uffizi) and the Deposition by Beato Angelico (Museo di San Marco) date from the same period. In the right transept is the beautiful Sassetti Chapel, decorated by Ghirlandaio around 1480 with lively frescoes depicting scenes from the Life of St. Francis set in Renaissance Florence. The frescoes are filled with portraits of the era’s rich and famous; and the Annunciation on the altarpiece which abounds with classical references. In the left transept is the tomb of the bishop, B. Federighi, by Luca della Robbia.
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At this recently founded, high-level jewelry workshop, Beatrice Piccioli, designer, and Alessio Giustini, jeweler and gemmology expert, bring artisan excellence to bear on their creations in precious (diamonds, sapphires, pearls, etc.) and semi-precious materials (black diamond, peridote, tourmaline, chalcedony, etc.). The refined and surprising stylistic elegance of the pieces reflects ongoing research into "unpredictables" capable of arousing emotions.
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