Homeware shopping in Rome
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Maurizio Grossi
Do you have an obelisk gap? Here’s your chance to fill it. Maurizio Grossi is part gallery, part shop, with an eccentric collection of classy repro marble sculptures and busts, including copies of various famous statues. From busts of Julius Caesar to deceptive bowls of sculpted figs and apricots, there’s something for every home, from mansion to bedsit.
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Spazio Sette
Even if you don’t buy any of the designer homewares at Spazio Sette, it’s worth popping in to see the funky modern furniture set against 17th-century frescoes. Formerly home to a cardinal, the palazzo (mansion) now houses a three-floor shop full of quality furniture, kitchenware, tableware and gifts.
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Lavori Artigiani Romani (LAR)
Lamps have been created here by this artisan family business since 1938, in materials such as wood, brass and parchment. Their creations look like vintage finds – from great white cylinders to metallic cubist sculptures. If you want to design a lamp, these are the people to talk to.
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Flos
Since its founding in 1962, light design house Flos has been responsible for a firmament of design classics, including Marc Newson’s Helice aluminium floor lamp and many Philippe Starck designs. The look varies from primary-coloured plastic to steely and sleek.
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Artemide
For lamps that light up the world of interior design, head to Artemide. Whether moonlike white globes, or lamps that are so minimalist you hardly notice them till you clock the price tag, this is light as art.
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Leone Limentani
Family-run for seven generations, Leone Limentani has a huge, rambling choice of kitchenware and tableware, expensive porcelain and knick-knacks, crockery, cutlery and crystal, all at bargain prices.
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De Sanctis
De Sanctis – in business since 1890 – is full of impressive southern Italian ceramics, with sunbursts of colour decorating candleholders, vases, tiles, urns and plates.
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Retro
Design buffs, prepare to swoon over the rainbow rows of 1950s and ‘60s glassware, Bakelite jewellery, Pop Art carpets, vintage designer furniture and iconic chairs.
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