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Abat-jour, founded in 1967 in Florence, Italy, specializes in making hand-made shades, lampshades, appliqués, domes, and fans of any type. Abat-jour has become well-known in Florence and beyond for its imaginative creations that result from the ideas and desires of clients that unite with the experience of the craftsman that ultimately give life to truly unique objects.
For years Abat-jour has worked for a number of hotels and prestigious restaurants in Italy and abroad. It also collaborates with many architects from around the world and serves countless antique dealers. The works of art, as they are often called, created by Abat-jour have been published in design and home-furnishing magazines.Today Abat-jour is one of the most prestigious Florentine stores that serves a high-class clientele offering products that are entirely unique and absolutely original.Thanks to years of experience in the field, Abat-jour, is known for its refined, high-quality work: for years it has served the most well-known Florentine families and boasts a number of clients from around the world from the United States, England, Spain, Greece, China, Japan and Turkey.
In seeing our products, clients quickly realize the high craftsmanship thanks to the expert handling of fine materials we use to make them such as linen, silk, Bemberg, precious brocades sometimes with gold thread, traditionally made Florentine silk, or other materials made with 18th century frames.
We are also well-known for our specialization in lampshades in natural goat-skin parchment. Abat-jour also collaborates with the best Florentine craftsmen such as bronzesmiths, blacksmiths, engravers and restorers.
In 1990 ABAT-JOUR wons the "Florence International Prize "
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