Heritage & History – Florence 1946 The Teddy Bear that Saved a Family: the True Story of Bruno Kiev, 1917. Seven diamonds hidden in the belly of a stuffed animal. The secret origin of Italy’s oldest Christmas decoration factory. Moranduzzo since 1946 – Heritage & History – Florence 1946 Collection Behind every great company is […]
Heritage Moranduzzo – Landi Cribs – Year 2000 The Nativity Scene that Received the Blessing of Pope John Paul II In 2000, the Landi Moranduzzo crib won the Caritas international competition for the world’s most beautiful statues and received a special blessing. The history of the line created in 1982 by sculptor Martino Landi. Not […]
Heritage Moranduzzo – Chicago 1959 – Magnificent Mile How Italian Christmas Lights Arrived on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. December 1959: Chicago’s Magnificent Mile is lit for the first time with “Italian White Lights.” The supplier: Moranduzzo, Florence. The proof: four pages of the Chicago Tribune with a handwritten note. There is a pencilled note on an […]
Patents – Heritage Moranduzzo – Florence 1978 The Patent that Changed the Artificial Christmas Tree Forever. On January 31, 1978, Dario Moranduzzo filed patent No. 022889 in Florence, Italy: curvilinear leaves imitating nature. An official document of the Ministry of the Italian Republic. Every realistic artificial Christmas tree that exists today-the ones with the soft […]
