{"id":41219,"date":"2023-10-19T07:23:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T05:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/?p=41219"},"modified":"2025-01-06T21:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T20:16:31","slug":"lenci-the-most-beautiful-ceramics-and-dolls-in-the-world-in-an-all-italian-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/en\/lenci-the-most-beautiful-ceramics-and-dolls-in-the-world-in-an-all-italian-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenci: the most beautiful ceramics and dolls in the world in an all-Italian story."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1-1.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-41176 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1-1-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1-1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1-1-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1-1.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Lenci ceramic<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2-Doll_Beatrice-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-44534 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2-Doll_Beatrice-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2-Doll_Beatrice-1.jpg 674w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2-Doll_Beatrice-1-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Doll by Beatrice Brandini<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In 1919, Enrico Scavini and his wife Elena K\u00f6nig founded a factory in Turin that produced rag dolls. The extraordinary nature of these dolls is a special process which consists of working the scraps of felt by hot pressing them inside metal moulds.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3-3.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3-3-300x192.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3-3-300x192.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3-3-768x491.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3-3.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Lenci ceramic<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-3-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-3-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-3-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-3-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-3-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-3.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Lenci ceramic<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This type of doll soon became known and appreciated throughout the world, also thanks to its &#8220;modernity&#8221; as it differs from the dolls of the period which were characterized by ceramic heads.\u00a0Lenci dolls participate in important exhibitions such as the Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Monza, in 1923, the National Exhibition in Turin, in 1929, and above all at the International Exhibition in Paris, in 1925.\u00a0In the same period he also began producing ceramics (1928), which included among his artists for the creation of sketches or drawings, Gigi Chessa, Felice Tosalli, Mario Sturani, Sandro Vacchetti, Marcello Dudovich and many others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/5-Bambola_di_panno_lenci_.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/5-Bambola_di_panno_lenci_-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/5-Bambola_di_panno_lenci_-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/5-Bambola_di_panno_lenci_-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/5-Bambola_di_panno_lenci_.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Lenci doll<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6-finarte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6-finarte-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6-finarte-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6-finarte.jpg 661w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/7-finarte-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/7-finarte-2-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/7-finarte-2-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/7-finarte-2.jpg 723w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Lenci doll (Finarte auction house)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>But despite an ever-increasing popularity (the employees had become 600), which was also reflected in excellent sales, the crisis of 1929 forced the Scavini couple to accept an external partner, Pilade Garella, who in 1937 became the sole owner. The Garella family resisted until 1997, when ownership passed to Bambole Italiane srl which went bankrupt in 2002 and definitively closed production.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/8-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/8-2-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/8-2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/8-2-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/8-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/8-2-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/8-2.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Lenci ceramic<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/9-bis.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/9-bis-300x221.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/9-bis-300x221.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/9-bis-1024x754.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/9-bis-768x566.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/9-bis-1536x1132.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/9-bis-2048x1509.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Lenci ceramic<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/9-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/9-2-274x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/9-2-274x300.jpeg 274w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/9-2-936x1024.jpeg 936w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/9-2-768x840.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/9-2-1404x1536.jpeg 1404w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/9-2.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Lenci ceramic<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The press of the time testified on various occasions to the artistic value of the Lenci company, in 1929 for example the magazine Domus published Adolescenti and Gli sposi by Giovanni Grande, just as Casa Bella or Marianna, two of the most popular magazines of the time, published several images of Lenci ceramics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/10-Angelo-Lenci.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/10-Angelo-Lenci-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/10-Angelo-Lenci-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/10-Angelo-Lenci-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/10-Angelo-Lenci.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Angel Lenci (private collection)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/11-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/11-2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/11-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/11-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/11-2.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Lenci doll (private collection)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/vecchia-bambola-Lenci.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/vecchia-bambola-Lenci-169x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/vecchia-bambola-Lenci-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/vecchia-bambola-Lenci-575x1024.jpeg 575w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/vecchia-bambola-Lenci-768x1367.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/vecchia-bambola-Lenci-863x1536.jpeg 863w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/vecchia-bambola-Lenci.jpeg 1079w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lenci vintage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have always wondered why no Italian toy or design brand has not tried, more recently, to buy back the rights, attributing the archives to themselves. Because in my opinion, and I really think I&#8217;m in good company, Lenci ceramics and dolls were extraordinary. The elegance of the faces, the sinuosity of the poses, the expressiveness were and still remain unique. When you handle a Lenci product you understand that you are touching something exceptionally artistic. The workmanship of these extraordinary dolls (hand-sewn clothes and delicately painted faces) and ceramics made them desirable and lovable in a transversal way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/12-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/12-1-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/12-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/12-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/12-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/12-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/12-1-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/13-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/13-2-213x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/13-2-213x300.jpeg 213w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/13-2.jpeg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Publications on the history of Lenci manufacturing<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/14-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/14-1-210x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/14-1-210x300.jpeg 210w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/14-1.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/15.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/15-216x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/15-216x300.jpeg 216w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/15.jpeg 424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Publications on the history of Lenci manufacturing<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The dream of this company began with Mrs. Elena Koning, Scavini&#8217;s wife, whom her father affectionately called Helenchen (German diminutive of Helen), who later became Lenci. In over eighty years of activity, many of the successes are due to the genius of its founder, which is why even when Piliade Garella, the company&#8217;s accountant, became sole owner, she hired Mrs. Lenci as artistic director.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/16.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/16-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/16-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/16-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/16-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/16-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/16.jpeg 1093w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/17.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/17-230x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/17-230x300.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/17.jpeg 383w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Publications on the history of Lenci manufacturing<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/18.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/18-224x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/18-224x300.jpeg 224w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/18.jpeg 746w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/19.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/19-268x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/19-268x300.jpeg 268w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/19.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Publications on the history of Lenci manufacturing<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lenci ceramics are today collector&#8217;s items, present, at often unaffordable prices, in the most important auctions and antiques fairs.\u00a0There are also many publications that have traced the glory of this great Italian company.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Lenci sculpture (private collection)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Good life to everyone!<\/p>\n<p>Beatrice<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lenci ceramic Doll by Beatrice Brandini In 1919, Enrico Scavini and his wife Elena K\u00f6nig founded a factory in Turin that produced rag dolls. 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