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The "Rometti" factory for the production of artistic ceramics was founded in Umbertide (Perugia) in October 1927 by Settimio Rometti and his nephew Aspromonte (known as Riego) son of his brother Paolo, in partnership with R. Cerrini and his wife O . Read the full biography

The "Rometti" factory for the production of artistic ceramics was founded in Umbertide (Perugia) in October 1927 by Settimio Rometti and his nephew Aspromonte (known as Riego) son of his brother Paolo, in partnership with R. Cerrini and his wife O . Leafy. The first name of the factory was "Ars Umbra", a name with which the very first works produced between 1927 and 1928 were marked. The artistic and technical direction was entrusted to Aspromonte and the factory's production mainly consisted of furnishings and decorated crockery in Liberty style. Starting from 1928, the artistic direction of the factory passed to Aspromonte's cousin, the son of Settimio Stamura's sister, Dante Baldelli with the collaboration, which lasted from 1928 to 1930, of Corrado Cagli.