ANTICO LABORATORIO ORAFO DI RIENZO

Awarded craftsman laboratory of one of the best known masters of Abruzzo who preserves the tradition of the processing of typical jewels. ""’ year 1850 in Scanno, an ancient village of Abruzzo, in the Bottega dei di Rienzo, Eugenio with his son Antonio, inspired by the Austera Foggia of the Muliebre Scannese costume, will begin to create for the original buttoning of his bodice, the precious ""buttons"" with sacred, floral and mythological subjects. For men the ""grappas"" were made, buckles "" To hook the edges of the cloaks. Alessio Di Rienzo, in the early twentieth century, continues the goldsmith's artisan processing with the aim of adorning the traditional Scanno costume, starting to create even jewels with precious stones, inspired by the Bourbon style. The young progenitor Nunziato He grew up in the historical-cultural and artistic climate of the shop alongside his grandfather Alessio and his father Armando, former goldsmith master who transmitted his passion for the crafts of goldsmiths and for the processing techniques in a filigree, in perforated, chiseled lamina and set. The young goldsmith presents the ""Splilla-CiDornolo Amorino"" on the occasion of the New York world exhibition, in 1960, where it was rewarded for the precious artistic value. Four years later in Florence, for the 28th edition of the international craft market exhibition, the goldsmiths created the ""Florence Bracelet"", handcrafted in Baroque Scannese in burnished silver 800 "", with which they won the gold medal. 1989 The Gr. Uff. Armando di Rienzo received the Golden Hercules for the high degree of preparation achieved and for the effective contribution in favor of the progress and well -being of the nation. In 2001 for the transfer of honorary citizenship to the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, in the awarded laboratory, was produced the key to the city in gold. In 2010 Maestro Eugenio had the honor of creating the pins with precious stones to be pinned on the papal pallium of Pope Benedict XVI on the occasion of his visit to Sulmona (AQ), for the celebration of the Celestinian jubilee year. The following year the goldsmith laboratory won the announcement of the Abruzzo region for the celebratory medals of the 150 years of national unity with the work of the young son Eugenio who already as a child He showed that he represented the continuity of the goldsmith's art art. On November 29, 2015, the Chamber of Commerce Industry Crafts and Agriculture of L'Aquila awarded the Ancient Business Award, officially recognizing the existence of the ancient goldsmith's for over one hundred years. Currently the heirs of Rienzo, with the industriousness and the artistic ability acquired, continue to make the priceless inheritance received illustrate by spreading the knowledge, beauty and the value of the ancient jewelry of the popular scannese customs in Italy and abroad. With the entry of the young Filippo, seventh generation, a process of digitization of ancient goldsmiths was introduced. Thanks to the digital marketing strategies and it is the creation of an e-commerce platform, we continue to export the goldsmith tradition all over the world. In 2019, the laboratory created ""presenty"" pendants in yellow gold as institutional gifts on the occasion of the 43rd edition of the UEFA congress in Rome. From 30 January to 5 February 2022, selected by the Abruzzo Region, the ancient goldsmith's participated in Expo Dubai 2020, within the Italian Pavilion, as a representative of the regional artistic excellence.