Bassetti Explained

Bassetti is an Italian textile company.

It was founded in Milan in 1830 by Carlo Barboncini, as a textile emporium.[1] In 1840, it opened a hand-weaving factory at Rescaldina, some 25 km to the north west, which employed around fifty women.[2] Today, it forms part of the Zucchi Group, which specialises in the manufacture and distribution of household linen and whose brands include ’Zucchi‘ and ‘Bassetti’ and Mascioni In Italy.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bassetti.com/www/applications/frontEnd/index.php?areaId=12&livId=55&pageId=55 History
  2. http://www.bassetti.it/www/applications/frontEnd/index.php?areaId=2&livId=5&pageId=132 ‘1840 - Lo stabilimento di Rescaldina’
  3. http://www.italtrade.com/spotlight/zucchi.htm ‘Zucchi Leads European Market in House Linen and Looks to the Far East’