Franzi

Valigeria Franzi
Industry leather goods
Fate closed
Founded 1864, Milan, Italy
Founder Rocco Franzi
Defunct 1998
Headquarters Milan, Italy
Products leather luggage

The Valigeria Franzi was an Italian manufacturer of leather bags and luggage founded in Milan in 1864 by Rocco Franzi.[1]:21[2]:234 By the early 20th century, it was a supplier to royalty and nobility.[1]:21 It was listed on the Milan stock exchange from 1905 to 1909.[2]:233 Guccio Gucci worked for the company until he set up Gucci in 1921.[3]

The company mostly used English leather, but also produced leather at the Conceria Monzese in Monza, which it owned. This was marketed as "Cuoio Franzi".[2]:234

In 1967 Franzi manufactured a suitcase, "Partner", designed by Cini Boeri and made from two half-shells of aluminium and ABS resin.[4]:64[5]

The company went into liquidation in 1978, and a new company, Oreste Franzi & Co., was set up. It finally closed in 1998.[2]:233

References

  1. 1 2 Andrea Guolo, Amato Santi (2007). La borsa... racconta: storia e protagonisti di mezzo secolo di pelletteria (in Italian). Milano: F. Angeli. ISBN 9788846485144
  2. 1 2 3 4 Giuseppe De Luca (2002). Le società quotate alla Borsa valori di Milano dal 1861 al 2000: profili storici e titoli azionari (in Italian). Milano: Libri Scheiwiller.
  3. ↑ Guccio Gucci. Vogue Encyclo. Accessed May 2017.
  4. ↑ Colin Naylor (1990). Contemporary Designers. Chicago: St. James Press. ISBN 9780912289694.
  5. ↑ Cini Boeri: Suitcase, 1966. New York: The Museum of Modern Art. Accessed May 2017.
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