The history of the Cafissi family in this street of Florence begins in much more recent years. Between the 1930s and 1940s, the grandfather Rolando began his activity as a carver in Borgo San Jacopo, the road that connects Ponte Vecchio and Ponte Santa Trinita. Initially Rolando carved mirrors, chandelier arms, sculptures and small objects. But as he becomes better, and in demand by the market, he widens the spaces destined to the laboratory and the warehouse. Also because in the meantime he had expanded the offer: not only objects, but also furniture and furnishing accessories. The carving and the handmade decoration, together with the gilding with gold leaf, transform the wood into furniture with a refined look: bed headboards, drawers, dressers and small windows. Later the business is carried out by the daughter and after her grandchildren, or Andrea and Barbara who now run the company Cafissi 1948, moved in the 2000s in a more decentralized area. Once the spaces where they had grown empty, between the smell of wood and the teachings of his grandfather, Andrea and Barbara had no doubts. They decided to open the door of what for the family was a second home to anyone who wants to know a piece of the history of Florence.