At the end 1800 the Mangani’s was already a sculptors family and from that time they hand down the knowledge from father to son. From the start of 1900, Cesarino Mangani works in his own workshop atelier in Florence with five children, producing works on commission by French, British and Americans, owners of wonderful villas in Florence countryside.
After few years the small “bottega” starts to receive request of lot of piece in porcelain made by Mangani family.
Then thanks to will and determination of the eldest son Ivan they opened a factory in “Doccia” area in Sesto Fiorentino. This area was already an important place for porcelain tradition thanks to the famous Richard Ginori company.
After some years (1958) some directors of prestigious jewellery Tiffany New York noted the well done cup with a butterfly as handle in a shop of Florence. Unfortunately that products wasn’t sign with any logo or name on it. So after an hard research they discovery that was a Ivan Mangani cup. Thanks also to this first and lucky order the Mangani atelier became a real company and an industry in the following years.
So Mangani enlarged his production investing in research and creating huge collection of object, lamps and complements with innovative technics and decorations.
Today, the generation related to Ivan Mangani, continue the tradition with optimism and enthusiasm, looking at the new world. Thanks to the ability, experience and tradition of all this years of work the company create now high quality products characterized by the research of beautiful concept.
Finding inspiration in a piece of wood, a flower, a sunset than realize it with any technics using difficult materials as porcelain mixed with modern glass, crystal and plexiglass.
This is a way to gift to the buyer a unique sensation as loving the life ad appreciate it for the different aspects and giving importance to all done with art by hands.This is the philosophy that generated a unique company as Mangani that leave a sign in the history of porcelain and that today live with new projects searching always the concept of beauty.
The subjective, objective and artistic beauty proposed in collection classic and modern keeping always the high quality value.
A precious creations, completely hand made in Italy, sartorial production and addressed to an exclusive public that search, in a globalized world, object, lamps and complements with uncommon realization.