Evoke lovely memories with your treasured photos in this leather album with traditional embossed accents. This priceless album is manufactured with pride by experienced craftsmen utilizing the finest workmanship. Inspired by the ornate books created by the Franciscan monks, this album features hand-tooled calfskin leather embellished with a closure and detailed Renaissance design on each corner. Made by hand in Italy using leather working techniques passed on from generation to generation; master to apprentice. Tanned using only vegetable resins. Inside you will find 50 pages of creamy ivory heavy stock paper. Section sewn binding keeps pages secure and paper is acid-free so your ink won"t fade. The ancient craft used to produce this modern-age gift item, assures an everlasting and appealing showpiece for your friends, loved ones or even yourself. Give this unique elegant leather album for a joyous occasion, as a house warming gift or keep it for your own prized photographs. The scrapbook-style pages allow you to incorporate other special mementos like fabric swatches and wedding stationery, too. To fill your album, simply paste or glue your photos and mementos to the heavy cardstock pages with archival glue. Archival photo corners can add a vintage touch as well. The vellum interleaves are there to protect your memories, simply let this sheet lay over the pages when done. Eccolo is a family owned business based in Brooklyn, New York. We craft and import the finest frames, albums, journals, and gifts from Italy, overseeing the process with the utmost care. Seeking out the best quality materials and partnering with craftsmen in classic cities like Florence to bring only the best to our valued customers. In keeping with our tradition to bring the finest to market, we also work on the mystical Isle of Murano in the Venetian lagoon. Our glass-blowers combine age old techniques and precious metals, like 25-Karat gold to create some these masterpieces. When you choose Eccolo, you are choosing an heirloom.