Shoehorn
Castello 3829
146,00 €
10 in stock (can be backordered)
Designed, produced and made in Italy
Worldwide shipping
4 days estimated delivery time
This long-handled shoehorn is a ‘gentle object,’ as Giulio likes to define it—an object that represents a caress… a small help to avoid bending down to tie shoes and protect our backs, especially the most tired ones. It is also a piece of tradition, reinterpreted in a modern way, capable of bringing Beauty; with its base, it becomes self-standing and can be displayed in our homes as a small sculpture.
Material: Briccola oak
Giulio Iacchetti
These are certainly the offspring of the walking stick, in terms of size, but we don’t know if one came before the other”. Giulio Iacchetti says of them: “These are my first two projects for Pieces of Venice: a shoehorn and a walking stick. Two small but useful objects that add a touch of beauty to our daily lives”.
More about the designer
Castello 3829
It was natural for us to dedicate the shoehorn to the Covino, a small restaurant where Andrea Lorenzon’s passion and skill have transformed it into an intimate place where our taste buds are delighted!
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Products with Stories
These objects also serve as a bridge between past and future generations, telling a story of Venetian culture, tradition, and excellence.
Circular Economy
Pieces of Venice is a social enterprise with a circular economy model and a short supply chain. We begin with the recovery and recycling of discarded materials from Venice, and through industrial design, we give them new life as souvenirs and practical items.
Alberto Toso Fei narrates...
“Along with many other objects related to clothing, furniture, or personal care (from clothes to perfume, from mirrors to wigs), the business of footwear in Venice quickly became a major industry, especially linked to fashion. The shoemakers’ guild, whose protector was Saint Mark, gained such renown that the place reserved for them in Piazza San Marco during the annual Sensa Fair, where they exhibited the latest craftsmanship, is the only one with their name engraved on the stones.
Fifteenth- and sixteenth-century shoes are seen among the marbles of Calle de le Botteghe, where German shoemakers lived, while Venetian shoemakers had their devotion school at San Tomà, where even older shoes—sculpted in stone—can be admired above the portal.
The shoe was—and continues to be—a distinctive element of fashion. In the past, not everyone could afford them. At the Correr Museum, you can see women’s shoes with 40-50 cm high heels, a fashion from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that imposed high shoes (called calcagnini) on girls”.
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