| Enrico Cassina Lever Handles |
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 In 1850, before the Kingdom of Italy had been united, the firm Enrico Cassina was founded in the city of Milan - an important economic and cultural centre in the Kingdom of Lombardy and Veneto. 
The architectural physiognomy of many cities was very different from what we know today: in Milan the Central Station was not yet built, in Paris there was no Tour Eiffel, and in New York the landscape was empty of the Statue of Liberty.
The strong desire for renewal, started only two years before by the revolution culminating in the “Five Days” clashes is the characteristic aspect of the firm Enrico Cassina. Until 1850 doorhandles were manufactured by blacksmiths, the craftsmen who built and put the hinges and bolts on doors. These very simple handles met only functionality standards.
The young Enrico Cassina was the first to sense the opportunity to forge different and  refined shapes for the handles, which had an innovative functional mechanism and were also able to embellish the doors. Enrico Cassina's intuition soon proved to be successful. The blacksmiths absorbed the whole of production for the new firm and even started to ask for new models.
As a matter of fact, a new market was invented.
Enrico Cassina’s fame stirred him to constantly research new products and methods of caring for them Meticulous manual manufacture actually created pieces which could be defined "only copies extant".
Today Enrico Cassina's original products are still decorating doors and windows of historical buildings like the Teatro alla Scala and the Palazzo Marino in Milan. Even abroad, Cassina's manufactured articles decorate the doorframes of many important buildings in Paris, Vienna and London, contributing to their famous beauty. The fame of the Cassina brand has reached overseas, and his products decorate exclusive buildings in the USA, as well as some of the most famous hotels in the 5th Avenue in NY.
The reason for the success and prestige of the historical brand includes the particular care for the details during the manufacturing of the products, and the skill in handicraft handed down from father to son.
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