Art becomes industry
The north of Italy which seems to enjoy nature of conditions favorable to the hatters industry birth.
First of all the availability of water, a key factor in the machining process. And then the skilled labor that is crucial to a production cycle which, at least until the nineteenth century, is mainly manual.
Towards the end of the eighteenth century a character stands out among the manufacturers of hats is Giovan Battista Gnecchi implanting in Milan the...
A short history of Italian hatters
The north of Italy which seems to enjoy nature of conditions favorable to the hatters industry birth.
First of all the availability of water, a key factor in the machining process. And then the skilled labor that is crucial to a production cycle which, at least until the nineteenth century, is mainly manual.
Towards the end of the eighteenth century a character stands out among the manufacturers of hats is Giovan Battista Gnecchi implanting in Milan the...
A short history of Italian hatters