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The Laboratorio Monte Dragone was born at the end of the 1970s with the artistic
alliance of Stefania Rossetti and Nadir Bino. The pair transformed the original artisan shop
into a firm known throughout the five continents for the universal appeal of its themes and
subjects.
Since the beginning (the first doll was made to be a present, just for fun) the creations of
Monte Dragone have been characterized by the search of original solutions for materials and
style. Our products are totally realized inside the Laboratorio, where Nadir and the sculptor
Paolo Frigo invent the models, Stefania creates the costumes and interprets the characters by
painting their faces. The assembly is made by a team of collaborators whose expert hands give
the final aspect to dolls and other creatures.
The artisan ideal and handcrafted work enable Monte Dragone to maintain the highest quality
and originality for its products. All are made in the finest porcelains and richly decorated
with silks, brocades, velvets, laces, little bells and so on.
Since the first reinterpretation of the traditional dolls, Monte Dragone has been its catalog
to include characters of the fairy-tales (as sprites, gnomes, elves and fairies) and of the
Italian Comedy. Today, the collection presents about 150 different models, which are constantly
adapted to styles, like Opera characters or collection dolls in limited editions.
For the artists of the Monte Dragone, innovation is a union between new decorative and
conceptual solutions and making the poetry of our legends come alive, not only for collectors,
but for those wanting to rediscover a part of their inner world by embracing some traditions of
everybody's imagination.
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