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Florentine box SQUARE 5x5

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handcrafted cowhide moulded unlined box, square shape, no lining. gold decoration made in florence.

you can call florentine box only the ones made following the ancient technique of the leather moulding, started centuries ago to produce military supplies and garments, due to its resistance and lightness and then used for all sorts of containers from the largest box to the smallest needles case. products made with this techniques are unmistakable and inimitable. each piece is unique, entirely made by hand from beginning to end, one by one, not one comes out like another. there are not many craftsmen left that still know how to make a florentine box and leonardo leather and gold is committed to preserve and carry on one of the most fascinating tradition of florence. owning a florentine box is a pleasure and a touch of class.

“Vacchetta” is a very soft leather to the touch and is a typical Tuscan product, it is obtained from a cow hide and vegetable tanned. The peculiarity of this skin, in addition to the variable thickness, is the mutability. A cowhide bag changes its appearance and grows together with its owner. In this way, the leather bags become extremely customizable and unrepeatable products.

Vegetable tanned leather is a product of animal origin: generally it is bovine, sheep or goat leather, recycled products of the food industry, which are subjected to tanning, a process capable of stopping the decomposition, making the fibres of which the dermis of the skin is formed waterproof and rotproof.

Vegetable tanning has origins in prehistory and in Tuscany has known its maximum splendor.

For centuries the Tuscan tanners have handed down the precious artisan tradition, today a combination of ancient recipes and advanced technology; it is the most traditional and recognizable, the only one capable of give to the leather unmistakable properties, versatility of use and uniqueness of the product.

It is called "vegetable" because the substances used in tanning (the so-called "tanning agents") are tannins, natural extracts derived exclusively from vegetable sources such as chestnut and quebracho wood, gall nuts and Tara pods.

Vegetable-tanned skin absorbs traces of life. It ages but does not deteriorate. It is precisely the changes that occur with time and use that testify to the naturalness of the product. The warm shades of tannins' colors tend to surface over time. Choosing a product made with this leather means owning an article that is the expression of a philosophy and a unique and unrepeatable lifestyle. No skin is the same and this enriches the products made of a particular charm that is transmitted from the product to the wearer.

Vegetable tanned leather is particularly suitable for allergy sufferers: processing with tannins, in fact, is made without the use of toxic substances or heavy metals. Being of vegetable origin, tannins are absolutely safe even for the most sensitive skin, such as those of children. On the contrary, in predisposed subjects, chrome tanned leather could give rise to urticaria or, even, dermatitis ...

Vegetable tanning with tannin is the most eco-sustainable tanning method:

• tannins are plant substances, safe for man and the environment;
• tanning sludge can be easily recovered (and processed into building bricks material)
• articles made of vegetable tanned leather with tannin can last for generations;
• once their use cycle is over, ...

“Vacchetta” is a very soft leather to the touch and is a typical Tuscan product, it is obtained from a cow hide and vegetable tanned. The peculiarity of this skin, in addition to the variable thickness, is the mutability. A cowhide bag changes its appearance and grows together with its owner. In this way, the leather bags become extremely customizable and unrepeatable products.