Sorrento · Marquetry
Objects worth keeping things in
Jewelry boxes, humidors, game boards and frames, inlaid and finished by hand in the workshop of Giuseppe Ercolano.
Explore the collectionsThe Name
This house is named after a man, not a style.
In 1957 Giuseppe Ercolano opened a workshop in Sorrento and became the first of his family to make marquetry rather than sell it. Three generations later, his grandson carries the same name and keeps the same benches working. Everything on these pages begins at that first bench.
Read the full story →The Workshop
Four families of objects
The Craft
Cut, inlaid, lacquered, polished
Seven woods — maple, walnut, dark mahogany, ash, walnut burl, bubinga, oak — dyed in twelve colours, cut with the fretsaw and laid piece by piece into the surface. Five coats of lacquer follow, each polished by hand. The method has not changed; only the hands have.
Discover the craft →Handmade in Sorrento
Every piece leaves the same workshop it was cut in.
Shipped worldwide
Hand-wrapped, double-boxed, tracked to your door.
Secure payment
Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal.
There is also a house that sings
The same workshop makes music boxes: the Artists and Inlaid collections, each with an 18-note movement. They have a house of their own.
Visit Ercolano Music ↗