About Italian Country Home and Kitchen

Italian Country Home and Kitchen offers exquisite crafts from hand painted ceramics to beautiful table linens all against a backdrop of rare rustic Italian antique furniture dating from the 1600's onwards. Francesca Carmichael and her husband Roderick are the owners. The Italian connection comes from Francesca who was born and grew up in Cremona, Italy. Cremona is a beautiful medieval town located in the north of Italy and is most famous for its violin making tradition with Stradivarius its most famous citizen . Francesca makes frequent trips to Italy to buy directly from small suppliers in her hometown as well as from many different parts of Italy. Francesca has in fact known many of the suppliers from her Childhood. Therefore, the authenticity of antiques and the high quality of the home furnishings and gift items are assured. Suppliers are mostly smaller artisans who do not typically have representation in the United States, which adds to the originality of the shop.

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