MASTRO RAPHAEL
ITALY IS LIKE AFINE FABRIC, MADE OF ART, HISTORY, AGE-OLD TRADITIONS AND OUTSTANDING ARTISAN MASTERY
"Mastro Raphael is one of these exceptional threads with passion, sensibility, a distinguished background of artisan expertise,
and today with state-of-the-art technological know-how, Mastro Raphael mixes colors, shapes and materials to give life to a refined
and timeless aesthetic of elegance and beauty that si always original.
Mastro Raphael animates a concept of beauty in which harmony, elegance, modernity
and tradition find their own unique dimension and perfect combination"
Mario Arcangeli, president and founder of Mastro Raphael
The story of Mastro Raphael's origins can be summed up in this sentence: "Discover the nature of things and you will know how they should be made."
These are the words of Mario Arcangeli, the founder of the firm based in Umbria. Entering the tailoring trade at a
young age, he discovered the pleasure of giving form to ideas and translating his concept of beauty into material.
Then, in 1966, Arcangeli opened a small artisan workshop, followed by a bottega in Via Palazzo dei Duchi the following year.
This is still today the location of Mastro Raphael's store in Spoleto.
Lying in the heart of Umbria, Spoleto is steeped in the same beauty that inspires Mastro Raphael.
It is a special place due to its historical treasures and prominent position in Italy's cultural landscape.
But it is also a crossroads of international creativity thanks to the Festival of the Two Worlds.
A turning point for the city with its first edition in 1958, the event was founded by the musician
and composer Gian Carlo Menotti to establish a cultural connection between
Europe and the United States, his country of adoption.
It was a way "to give something back to the community", says Mario Arcangeli,
his friend and fellow creative spirit, and "to feel that the artist belonged here"
SPOLETO, A CITY RICH IN ART AND HISTORY
The festival has naturally become part of Spoleto's history, showcasing the city's constellation of shining artistic episodes to the world.
Originally a key settlement of the Umbri tribes, Spoleto was conquered by the Romans and turned into a Latin colony,
but with the invasion of the Lombards it became the capital of an influential dukedom.
These historical vicissitudes are reflected in the abundance of artistic masterpieces spread around Spoleto: the Basilica of San Salvatore,
the Temple of Clitumnus, the frescoes by Filippo Lippi in the Cathedral and the Rocca Albornoz fortress, with the Camera Pinta (Painted Room).
The veil of oblivion that time then cast over Spoleto was lifted thanks to Menotti's festival,
which once again illuminated the city by attracting famous artists and designers, including the American architect Howard Dilday in 1971.
This encounter triggered the artistic and experimental calling of Mastro Raphael, giving rise to famous patchworks that
the company has reinterpreted over the years with embroideries, applications and new fabrics.
FIFTY YEARS OF INNOVATION, CREATIVITY AND LOVE FOR ITS ROOTS.
Mastro Raphael has always strived to produce innovative collections. Indeed, thanks to its farsighted creativity,
it has been a veritable trendsetter with designs such as the Api and Coralli motifs and the Poems curtains, among others.
The key to reading the company's path is constituted, on the one hand, by the love for one's roots and the recovery of the artisan tradition and,
on the other, by the reinterpretation of historical memory and attention to innovation and technology.
These principles, together with the extreme attention to detail, sartorial purity, the use of natural yarns
and fabrics constitute the foundations of luxury and absolute quality of the Mastro Raphael collections.
Currently, the brand is distributed in over 400 stores in Italy, and in just as many shops located around Europe, Russia, the United States and the Middle East.
Culture, ideas, innovation, artistic intuition and craftsmanship - the core values of Mastro Raphael - are thus carried throughout the world.
THE VOCATION OF MASTRO RAPHAEL, THE PURSUIT OF BEAUTY
Our values are ideas, a concept of culture that inspires research, artistic intuition and artisan expertise.
These are the ideal tools to fullfil our vocation: the search for beauty. And the means to achieve this goal are our manufacturing capacity,
our mastery of production techniques, and our excellent craftsmanship developed over 50 years, added to the use of state-of-the-art technologies.
The ability to keep pace with the latest innovations, combined with a constant search for ideas and a dynamic creativity,
place Mastro Raphael in the class of top-quality manufacturing, defined by refined collections of bed linens and interior design fabrics.
SAVOIR-FAIRE, CRAFTSMANSHIP AND GREAT ATTENTION TO DETAIL INSPIRING LUXURY AND TOTAL QUALITY
Fine materials, unique details and refined decorative motifs are essential tools in the search for beauty. But to give them shape and harmonious substance, one needs a savoir-faire rooted in tradition, and which is now enhanced with the latest technologies. Indeed, all Mastro Raphaël's fabrics are produced by highly skilled artisans who have been chosen for their unique ability to perfectly convey the company's aesthetic and artistic innovations.
High-quality tailoring is the basis for the matelassé fabrics, cotton piqué, special silks, macramé or three-dimensional embroideries,
and of course Mastro Raphael's impeccable interpretations of linen - as in the Villa Paolina collection designed
by Gian Battista Vannozzi - or introducing handmade prints on bright velvets in the style of Mariano Fortuny.
MASTRO RAPHAEL IS A CRADLE OF CREATIVITY THAT HAS CONCEIVED A GENUINE HISTORY OF STYLE
Objects, colours and materials: the place where Mastro Raphael's founder, Mario Arcangeli, has always loved to turn his ideas into reality is a vibrant creative kaleidoscope.
This wunderkammer is the starting point for the artistic impulse that is transformed into the finest materials,
thanks to the skills of a highly qualified team. In other rooms dedicated to taste, the embroidered motifs are designed
and the material's cuts and colours are decided, particularly the neutral shades that represent one of the company's identifying features.
THE ART OF SLEEP, EMBROIDERED WITH A SOBER, TIMELESS ELEGANCE. MADE OF DISCRETE LUXURY AND DETAILS OF PURE CREATIVITY.
Fabrics with substance, from classic piqué to bright velvet and satin, from cool cotton to crispy silk and lightweight linen.
The bed collections represent the essence of Mastro Raphael's creativity and experimentation,
perfectly expressing an idea of harmony comprising a wide range of coordinated elements: sheet sets, duvets, quilts, bedspreads, decorative pillows...
DELICATE AND SOFT, DRAPERIES ARE VERY PRECIOUS CANVASES ON WHICH LIGHT CAN WRITE ITS THOUGHTS
Designing interiors by knowing how to play with light and modulate its sources affects our perception of space and creates poetry.
First and foremost, sources of natural light streaming in through windows, light then captured and modulated by curtains.
Drapery occupy a special place in the production of Mastro Raphael, which was Italy's first company to conceive them in the vibrant and versatile material of linen.
The name of the first collection was I/ lino, le tende ("Linen, Drapery"), produced in a richly textured gauze, almost a rustic fine linen which is still used today.
FABRICS OFFER A VIBRANT AND FLUID MATERIAL FOR CONCEIVING A PERSONAL ARTWORK IN ONE'S OWN LIVING SPACE
The sense of touch is awaked by Mastro Raphael's fabric collections in piqué, lightweight linen, close-woven or grosgrain silk,
satin and taffeta, semi-plain woven velvet, heavy cotton... The essence of materials is sought with special processes that amplify their softness and tactile quality,
and it is enhanced with relief patterns, embroidery, applications and alternating transparencies.
Neutral color choices are typical of all the fabrics, which are produced in the natural tones and shades of beige that have always underpinned the image of Mastro Raphael,
without forgetting touches of red, blue and gray.
"Mastro Raphael is one of these exceptional threads with passion, sensibility, a distinguished background of artisan expertise,
and today with state-of-the-art technological know-how, Mastro Raphael mixes colors, shapes and materials to give life to a refined
and timeless aesthetic of elegance and beauty that si always original.
Mastro Raphael animates a concept of beauty in which harmony, elegance, modernity
and tradition find their own unique dimension and perfect combination"
Mario Arcangeli, president and founder of Mastro Raphael
The story of Mastro Raphael's origins can be summed up in this sentence: "Discover the nature of things and you will know how they should be made."
These are the words of Mario Arcangeli, the founder of the firm based in Umbria. Entering the tailoring trade at a
young age, he discovered the pleasure of giving form to ideas and translating his concept of beauty into material.
Then, in 1966, Arcangeli opened a small artisan workshop, followed by a bottega in Via Palazzo dei Duchi the following year.
This is still today the location of Mastro Raphael's store in Spoleto.
Lying in the heart of Umbria, Spoleto is steeped in the same beauty that inspires Mastro Raphael.
It is a special place due to its historical treasures and prominent position in Italy's cultural landscape.
But it is also a crossroads of international creativity thanks to the Festival of the Two Worlds.
A turning point for the city with its first edition in 1958, the event was founded by the musician
and composer Gian Carlo Menotti to establish a cultural connection between
Europe and the United States, his country of adoption.
It was a way "to give something back to the community", says Mario Arcangeli,
his friend and fellow creative spirit, and "to feel that the artist belonged here"
SPOLETO, A CITY RICH IN ART AND HISTORY
The festival has naturally become part of Spoleto's history, showcasing the city's constellation of shining artistic episodes to the world.
Originally a key settlement of the Umbri tribes, Spoleto was conquered by the Romans and turned into a Latin colony,
but with the invasion of the Lombards it became the capital of an influential dukedom.
These historical vicissitudes are reflected in the abundance of artistic masterpieces spread around Spoleto: the Basilica of San Salvatore,
the Temple of Clitumnus, the frescoes by Filippo Lippi in the Cathedral and the Rocca Albornoz fortress, with the Camera Pinta (Painted Room).
The veil of oblivion that time then cast over Spoleto was lifted thanks to Menotti's festival,
which once again illuminated the city by attracting famous artists and designers, including the American architect Howard Dilday in 1971.
This encounter triggered the artistic and experimental calling of Mastro Raphael, giving rise to famous patchworks that
the company has reinterpreted over the years with embroideries, applications and new fabrics.
FIFTY YEARS OF INNOVATION, CREATIVITY AND LOVE FOR ITS ROOTS.
Mastro Raphael has always strived to produce innovative collections. Indeed, thanks to its farsighted creativity,
it has been a veritable trendsetter with designs such as the Api and Coralli motifs and the Poems curtains, among others.
The key to reading the company's path is constituted, on the one hand, by the love for one's roots and the recovery of the artisan tradition and,
on the other, by the reinterpretation of historical memory and attention to innovation and technology.
These principles, together with the extreme attention to detail, sartorial purity, the use of natural yarns
and fabrics constitute the foundations of luxury and absolute quality of the Mastro Raphael collections.
Currently, the brand is distributed in over 400 stores in Italy, and in just as many shops located around Europe, Russia, the United States and the Middle East.
Culture, ideas, innovation, artistic intuition and craftsmanship - the core values of Mastro Raphael - are thus carried throughout the world.
THE VOCATION OF MASTRO RAPHAEL, THE PURSUIT OF BEAUTY
Our values are ideas, a concept of culture that inspires research, artistic intuition and artisan expertise.
These are the ideal tools to fullfil our vocation: the search for beauty. And the means to achieve this goal are our manufacturing capacity,
our mastery of production techniques, and our excellent craftsmanship developed over 50 years, added to the use of state-of-the-art technologies.
The ability to keep pace with the latest innovations, combined with a constant search for ideas and a dynamic creativity,
place Mastro Raphael in the class of top-quality manufacturing, defined by refined collections of bed linens and interior design fabrics.
SAVOIR-FAIRE, CRAFTSMANSHIP AND GREAT ATTENTION TO DETAIL INSPIRING LUXURY AND TOTAL QUALITY
Fine materials, unique details and refined decorative motifs are essential tools in the search for beauty. But to give them shape and harmonious substance, one needs a savoir-faire rooted in tradition, and which is now enhanced with the latest technologies. Indeed, all Mastro Raphaël's fabrics are produced by highly skilled artisans who have been chosen for their unique ability to perfectly convey the company's aesthetic and artistic innovations.
High-quality tailoring is the basis for the matelassé fabrics, cotton piqué, special silks, macramé or three-dimensional embroideries,
and of course Mastro Raphael's impeccable interpretations of linen - as in the Villa Paolina collection designed
by Gian Battista Vannozzi - or introducing handmade prints on bright velvets in the style of Mariano Fortuny.
MASTRO RAPHAEL IS A CRADLE OF CREATIVITY THAT HAS CONCEIVED A GENUINE HISTORY OF STYLE
Objects, colours and materials: the place where Mastro Raphael's founder, Mario Arcangeli, has always loved to turn his ideas into reality is a vibrant creative kaleidoscope.
This wunderkammer is the starting point for the artistic impulse that is transformed into the finest materials,
thanks to the skills of a highly qualified team. In other rooms dedicated to taste, the embroidered motifs are designed
and the material's cuts and colours are decided, particularly the neutral shades that represent one of the company's identifying features.
THE ART OF SLEEP, EMBROIDERED WITH A SOBER, TIMELESS ELEGANCE. MADE OF DISCRETE LUXURY AND DETAILS OF PURE CREATIVITY.
Fabrics with substance, from classic piqué to bright velvet and satin, from cool cotton to crispy silk and lightweight linen.
The bed collections represent the essence of Mastro Raphael's creativity and experimentation,
perfectly expressing an idea of harmony comprising a wide range of coordinated elements: sheet sets, duvets, quilts, bedspreads, decorative pillows...
DELICATE AND SOFT, DRAPERIES ARE VERY PRECIOUS CANVASES ON WHICH LIGHT CAN WRITE ITS THOUGHTS
Designing interiors by knowing how to play with light and modulate its sources affects our perception of space and creates poetry.
First and foremost, sources of natural light streaming in through windows, light then captured and modulated by curtains.
Drapery occupy a special place in the production of Mastro Raphael, which was Italy's first company to conceive them in the vibrant and versatile material of linen.
The name of the first collection was I/ lino, le tende ("Linen, Drapery"), produced in a richly textured gauze, almost a rustic fine linen which is still used today.
FABRICS OFFER A VIBRANT AND FLUID MATERIAL FOR CONCEIVING A PERSONAL ARTWORK IN ONE'S OWN LIVING SPACE
The sense of touch is awaked by Mastro Raphael's fabric collections in piqué, lightweight linen, close-woven or grosgrain silk,
satin and taffeta, semi-plain woven velvet, heavy cotton... The essence of materials is sought with special processes that amplify their softness and tactile quality,
and it is enhanced with relief patterns, embroidery, applications and alternating transparencies.
Neutral color choices are typical of all the fabrics, which are produced in the natural tones and shades of beige that have always underpinned the image of Mastro Raphael,
without forgetting touches of red, blue and gray.