When the first vague thoughts of creating and realizing the last Collections started to come into focus,
many were the ideas on future designs, possible colours, particular shapes and new materials which captured
us. Various and different personalities, characters, tastes, life styles, united by a common passion - the desire
to find real beauty, something unique and fascinating. All this had to merge with antique Venetian, Italian, and
Mediterranean traditions. Long had been the history of our company already at that time, bound to immutable
values, to products of unequalled beauty, historical but yet so contemporary, with a timeless soul. This was and
should be the essence of any new object, noticeable at first sight, attracting and conquering any observer.
They had to give vigour to our company, make the craftsmanship, so intrinsic in our veins, meet the
majestic, delicate and vibrating design on the five continents. Testimony they had to give of our imagination, our
creativity, our devotion to our work. Without doubt, it is luxury that we are talking about, as it is luxury to be able
to appreciate mere beauty, its purity and value and, then, find everything embraced by a crystal and prestigious
functionality.
Suitable had to be each single article, suitable to exclusive environments and ambiences as their central object,
eye-catching, generate strong emotions in every spectator and intensify the atmosphere of every hail, every foyer,
every palace, villa or hotel. Impossible you would be tempted to say, but much has been done since those days
and really impossible it was for us to predict the enormous impact which our Collections were going to have on
so many persons in as many parts of the whole world.
Today this volume exists, lavishly illustrated and structured, with a great sense of functionality and beauty
to give witness. It is with enormous pleasure that we would like to lead you through its pages, its brisk and
plastic images, its sober graphics and its clear appendix and tables so simple to use. With this edition we cover
a selection of items chosen from the various Collections, items with unique characteristics, many, most of them
available in a multitude of versions and sizes. All are made accessible with the help of logically illustrated decoding
tables We have dedicated much attention to this in order to facilitate the use of this catalogue which, as we do
hope, should he easy and intuitive.
Much has been made, much has been designed and subsequently created for you, honestly speaking,
with a lot of satisfaction and with the wish that our Collection might stir your imagination and evoke the same
emotion and fascination which we felt during its creations and realization. Nevertheless, we know that nothing is
suitable for everybody. every ambience, every occasion; nothing is immutable, much cannot be predicted and
many are the factors and combinations which influence the beauty of an object. It is for this reason that we have
included in this book some indications on possible modifications of our articles leaf through the pages dedicated to
the tailormade services for our products and you will discover that much is possible. We know well that sometimes
a variation of a size, of a colour, of a shape or of just a small detail may provoke fascination and strong emotions!
At the end of the volume you will find the methodical and complete tables which illustrate the
frame finishes and the colours of the crystals and Murano glasses. Open them carefully opposite the page of the
articles of your interest; you will discover many varieties, different sizes and dimensions, a considerable choice
of finishes and colours which are available for each item. Simple, clear and intuitive. And nothing will be able to
distract from the object of your desire! And it is with this wish that we present you this volume, a small piece of
art, too.
We invite you to take your time when you leaf through it, with care and attention. Enjoy the numberless unique
creations which you will find, chose what you really like
and let it become for you what it has been and is for us - an expression of your imagination!
Simonetta Gomiero
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