Kering Highlights

Sesto Fiorentino sits just beyond the northern edge of Florence, where the city gives way to industrial flatlands ringed by the Apennine hills. There, a distinctive red-brick water tower bearing the Ginori name in white lettering presides over a vast expanse of low postwar workshops. A siren sounds at eight o’clock and hundreds of artisans file in, many carrying on a family tradition that spans generations. This is the Ginori Manifattura, founded in 1735 and today the oldest continuously operating porcelain manufactory in Italy. In this article, we step inside the workshops, archives, and ateliers of this living heritage site.