Since 1896 Guido Guidi, Giovanni Rosellini, and Gino Ulivo established “ Conceria Guidi Rosellini” at Pescia in Tuscany. Here the art of leather tanning can be traced to the middle age when a guild of tanners and shoemakers existed since the XIV century.
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