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MAJOLICA
FLORENTIA Collection |
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The majolica pieces featured in our Majolica Florentia
Collections are manufactured in the Montelupo area,
located in the heart of Tuscany, between Florence
and Empoli, and has been an important center for
manufacturing ceramics since medieval times.
Its success
can be credited to the natural abundance of clay in the
surrounding area, primarily due to frequent flooding of
the Arno River, and second, the role Florentine
merchants historically played in trading Montelupo's
majolica, or hand-painted terra-cotta, throughout Europe
during the Renaissance. |
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