In... Marble Vases at Orticola 2016

Cusenzamarmi makes for Francesca Marzotto Caotorta

a collection of some of the most beautiful and rare Sicilian marble vessels: as many as 15 different stones, all Sicilian from the now extremely rare antique yellow of Sicily to antique jasper of Sicily to cappuccino and perlatino of Sicily.
icon-cover-2016The collection will be on display from May 6 to 8, 2016, at booth 160 at the XXI edition of Horticola at Milan's Indro Montanelli Public Gardens, an exhibition market of unusual, rare and antique flowers, plants and fruits. The exhibition, among the most important and chic in the country, deals with all areas of gardening and landscaping and is also a social occasion for the ladies who visit to wear Original floral caps.

Marble InVases,

horticulture-2016-invasi-marble-francesca-marzotto-caotortathis is the name of the collection designed and conceived by Francesca Marzotto Caotorta is a journey throughout Italy and tells us how our country is rich in precious materials that artists and craftsmen have shaped, creating true works of art, as can be seen in museums, churches, palaces and historic gardens. There, where local stones have been made into steps, statues, fountains, precious containers. From the earliest times great value has been placed on the many marbles that were formed millions of years ago as dinosaurs roamed around. Depending on the conformation of the strata, depending on the upheavals and metamorphoses that occurred in different parts of what would become our peninsula, there are deposits of what we call marble and that, from the Aosta Valley to the Sicily, from Veneto to Liguria, represents a most precious heritage that comes in the most varied shades of color: from snow-white to pink, green, mottled yellow to spotted red. Today we are especially concerned with marble when we learn that some of it, instead of being used for works of art or craftsmanship, is being pulverized for toothpaste. At Orticola - amid the warm colors of the earth in the striking and unique display of vases - Francesca Marzotto Caotorta reminds us of a value that should not be overlooked.

I have put together a collection of about 30 Italian marbles that I hope will grow as much as it deserves. Francesca Marzotto Caotorta

Vase collection of Italian marbles by design by Francesca Marzotto Caotorta at booth 160
On sale at Ca'Albrizzi,
Corso Venezia 29, 20121 Milan
tel. 02 76004439
e-mail [email protected]

In the May 2016 Gardenia magazine you can find out more about this fantastic collection!

But who is Francesca Marzotto Caotorta? She is considered the Queen of Gardens, and not unjustly.

No one in Italy knows more about nature, plants, flowers, and the right combinations to create the ideal park or garden, large or small. Not only that. It was her idea, years ago, to found the famous magazine Gardenia, of which she was Director.

He is also a landscape architect and has written several books on the subject, most recently "In the Shadow of Butterflies" for Mondadori; as if that were not enough, he has always played a predominant role as a member of the Orticola organizing committee.