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Designed by Michele di Fonzo
Designer Michele di Fonzo is the third generation of his family to celebrate and build upon the leather traditions his grandfather began in 1921. For nearly a century, this family of designers has been transforming leather into a versatile and modern product, drawing inspiration from other fields like fashion and luggage design, where leather is as much about structure as it is about aesthetics. The Bottega Desk (2013) is created using the most modern production methods and then finished by hand with skill, passion and care. The slender but strong steel frame is wrapped in smooth-as-silk stain-resistant leather that’s hand-sewn to hug every angle and curve. The precise exposed stitch along all seams makes every Bottega Desk unique. Made in Italy.
ITALY (1984)
Michele di Fonzo is a fourth-generation leatherworker. He was born in Udine, Italy, a region known for furniture manufacturing with an emphasis on handcrafting. As he remembers, “I have always harbored an artistic predisposition, the wish to understand, experiment and create something, with a constant eye for beauty.”
Since 1921, the di Fonzo family company, founded by grandfather Giovanni, has ...
Split-grain leather with stain-resistant treatment; steel frame.
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