Giusto Manetti Battiloro has been producing in Florence, for fifteen generations - since 1600! - pure gold and silver leaves of the highest quality, by using age-old methods and traditions, but also cutting-edge technologies and machinery. Customers can choose from a wide range of gold leaves in various colors and sizes, for different uses. As a matter of fact, pure gold leaves, which have always been used for artistic decoration, restoration and lettering, are now widely employed in interior design and architecture and to decorate furniture, furnishing objects, glass and smooth surfaces, just as silver leaves are increasingly applied on furnishing accessories such as large mirrors and wood paneling .

Pioneers of the Gold leafAmong the first to export pure, 100% made-in-Italy gold leaves across the world, Giusto Manetti Battiloro is today a leading company on the market and collaborates with the world’s most prestigious architects, gilders, museums and, more recently, with chefs and cosmetics industries. From Paris to Hong Kong, New York, London and Moscow, Manetti gold leaves shine on the world’s most famous monuments.

the Glint of GoldThe company’s collaboration in the field of craftwork, art and interior design and the constant attention to the needs of the international market for classic and contemporary-style artistic decoration ensure ongoing development of innovative products, such as gold and silver in rolls, books, french cut, transfer, edible gold and silver and gold for cosmetic use. The company’s latest development is an exclusive product for luxury interior design, TerraOro, a gilded terracotta tile that combines the simplicity and naturalness of the finest Impruneta terracotta, which is acknowledged worldwide for its top-quality materials and workmanship, with Manetti gold leaves in various colors. As a result, a precious coating material for fine interior design requiring luxury finishes. TerraOro is the ideal tile for highlighting marble and travertine with a touch of gold accent.

Via Tosca Fiesoli, 89/m, Campi Bisenzio (Firenze) - ph. +39 055 436261 - www.manetti.com

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Giusto Manetti Battiloro

The house of gold

Above: detail of the large hall of Giusto Manetti Battiloro’s

headquarters (the circle in the middle is made

with “TerraOro” tiles). Below: State Hermitage Museum

Official Hotel, St. Petersburg, central lobbyy

Versailles,galerie des Glaces

Frame gilding with gold leaf

Above: State Hermitage Museum Official Hotel,

St. Petersburg. Below: Savoy Hotel, London

Above from left: rolling process, melting of a gold bar. Below: the Company trade takes its name, “Goldbeater”, from the beating process. Even today the very last stage of beating is carried out by hand

Holy Trinity Cathedral (Svyato-Troizkiy Sobor), Saratov, Russia;

gilding works carried out by the Icon-Painting School

of Shurkus Oleg, Paleh

Above and below to the right: small-sized tiles of the “TerraOro” line. Below to the left: a gold leaf being applied on to a leather surface

Tower of the Prada Foundation, Milan, designed by architect

Rem Koolhaas

Dessert with 23 kt edible gold leaf

Above: gold leaf wall. Below: a silver leaf sample