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- Luigi Marchi
- Also known as
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Luigi Marchi
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primary name: Marchi, Luigi
- Details
- individual; goldsmith/metalworker; Italian; Male
- Life dates
- 1824-1906
- Address
- From 1888 via Orefici as L.M. e Figlio.
- Biography
- Goldsmiths and jewellers in Bologna. Founded in 1854 by Luigi Marchi (1824-1906), from 1888 joined by his son, Raffaele Angelo (1855-1909), and the firm became known as Luigi Marchi and Son. Father and son were in partnership from 1891 till the end of 1894, when Luigi retired, leaving the direction of the firm to Raffaele, under the existing name, until the latter’s death in 1909.
- Bibliography
- C. Bulgari, 'Argentieri, Gemmari e Orafi d'Italia', Rome, 1958-74, part 4.
'Aemilia Ars, Arts & Crafts a Bologna 1898-1903', exhibition catalogue, Musei Comunale, Bologna, 2001, p. 256.
Francesca Ghiggini, ‘Bologna Bella. Immagini di Gioielli della Donazione Cavazza al Museo della Tappezzeria: Aemilia Ars e Alfonso Rubbiani’, Bologna 2014, pp. 34-35.
Francesca Ghiggini, ‘Jewellery Images of Cavazza’s Gift to the Museum della Tappezzeria ‘Vittorio Zironi’ in Bologna: Aemilia Ars and Alfonso Rubbiani’, in ‘La joia en l’Art i l’Art en la Joia’, 3r Congrés Europeu de Joieria’, 17-18 Novembre de 2016, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona 2018, pp. 168-169.