Art & Craft shopping in Rome
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Fabriano
Fabriano makes stationery sexy, with deeply desirable diaries, funky notebooks and products embossed with street maps of Rome. Enlightened extras include quirky paper jewellery by local designers and stylish paper-thin wallets.
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Bassetti Tessuti
Hidden away in a run-of-the-mill palazzo (palace), Bassetti Tessuti is a sprawling, technicolour temple to textiles. From fine Italian wools and silks, to cheetah-print faux fur, a jaw-dropping 200,000 fabrics line its endless sea of soaring, cracked rooms. Brothers Emidio and Lorenzo Bassetti set up shop in 1954, serving everyone from couture royalty to needle-savvy homemakers.
It's a fabulously atmospheric place, caught in a retro time warp of linoleum floors and wizened old men pushing cart after cart of rare and luscious threads.
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My Cup of Tea
In a hard-to-find converted artist's studio (walk through the main entrance and ring the bell at the courtyard door), this self-dubbed 'creative incubator' showcases the work of emerging artists and fashion designers (with an emphasis on women's and children's fashion). Past stock includes felt jewellery from Italo-Brit Biondo, and kitschy celebrity portraits by Daniele Cima.
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Mondo Pop
For Gen-X/Y pop freaks who have it all. This new gallery-cum-shop stocks a rotating selection of products designed by cultish street artists such as Massimo Caccia, Cesko and MTV's Jeremyville - from pop-print T-shirts and poufs, to art toys and 'where-did-you-get-that?' bags.
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Le Terre Di At
Local ceramicist Angela Torcivia has a knack with the wheel, spinning out stunning minimalist pieces such as richly hued bijoux and bottle-stoppers, and smoky Raku (Japanese pottery) lamps and bowls.
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