Corsellini

Corsellini is an Italian pipe workshop founded in Florence in 1880 and kept in the hands of the same family for three generations. Its name is associated both with its handmade output, never exceeding a few hundred pieces a year, and with the place the family's third-generation representative, Alessandro Corsellini, holds in the Italian pipe-club tradition.

Three Generations

The brand's founder, Arturo Corsellini, worked under another Florentine master before setting up on his own, opening his own workshop in 1880. He ran the workshop himself until 1913, after which Ugo Corsellini, having completed his apprenticeship, took over. Records indicate Ugo's management lasted until the mid-1960s.

The third generation's representative, Alessandro Corsellini, watched the workshop's operations from childhood and began making pipes full-time from 1961. He is said to have also run a pipe shop for many years in the center of Florence, near the Duomo; during this period the brand was one of the visible fixtures of the city's pipe life.