Alessi - Barkring napkin holder set 2 pcs

Set of two 18/10 stainless steel napkin holder, ring napkin holder, is the traditional napkin holder, consists of a ring of sturdy steel material that contains rolled one napkin. In the covered is laid to the right of the plate. It serves for hygienic reasons to distinguish the napkins, so that they were not exchanged, and on the table everyday, to find their own when the napkins were not changed at every meal, in this case they have a drawing or name to recognize it.

Michel Boucquillon

Michel Boucquillon was born in Belgium in 1962. In 1988 he won the competition held by the Chamber of the European Parliament in Brussels, thus beginning his career as an architect and designer. In 2000 he opened a laboratory dedicated to industrial design and experimental architecture in Lucca, inside the "Casa Boucquillon": a place where you can live and work, but also meditate and dedicate yourself to research. Michel currently collaborates with some of the most famous companies in the field of design, including: Alessi, Artemide, Antonio Lupi, Ferragamo, Serralunga. His works are exhibited in several museums and recognized with the most important international awards, of which the most recent: Honorable Mention Compasso d'Oro 2011, Good Design Award 2008, Design Plus 2006.

Alessi

Alessi founded in 1921 as a Workshop for the processing of brass and nickel-silver plates, with foundry, it is recognized for the high quality of its products. In nearly a century of history it has gradually evolved to become a leading exponent of the "Factories of Italian design".
The Company is open to change and international development and also deeply rooted in the tradition and cultural background of its territory. Alessi continues to be synonymous with craft objects made with the help of machines. Today Alessi’s goal is to translate the search for the most advanced cultural, aesthetic, executive and functional quality into the industrial production series. The design product stems from the constant search for mediation between art and industry, between the "Immensity of the Creative Possible" and the needs of the market. The company’s commitment is to constantly work on a boundary line, balancing the most advanced expressions of creativity with the needs of the audience. Alessi has been called a "dream factory". Indeed, through its products it aspires to make its contribution to responding to a desire for people's  happiness, to the need for Art and Poetry common to all people.