Heritage
A Roman house
of the goldsmith’s art
Founded on the 8th of December 1946, Gisci has passed through three generations while keeping the same door, the same craft and the same quiet devotion to the beautiful and the rare.
The house mark, on every box
The beginning
1946
On the feast of the Immaculate Conception, master goldsmith Comm. Renato Gisci opened his atelier on Via del Babuino — the ancient artisanal spine of Rome. In those first years the house was known for watches, brooches, cameos and antique necklaces, chosen for a demanding Roman clientele.
Royalty, prelates, diplomats and the intellectual aristocracy of the city came in search of the rare and the refined. The reputation of the name was built, piece by piece, on trust.
“A jewel is never only a jewel —
it is a memory that can be worn.”
A goldsmith on Via del Babuino
Comm. Renato Gisci opens the house, dealing in fine watches, cameos, brooches and antique jewellery in the heart of artisanal Rome.
The glass-and-bakelite sign
The iconic “Gisci” sign is set above the door. It has never changed — a small monument to the city’s twentieth-century craft.
The house continues
After the founder, his wife Raffaella De Paolis and their children Diana and Benedetto carry the name forward, preserving its style and its standards.
Renato Gisci, the third
On the 27th of July 1999 the founder’s namesake takes the helm, moving the boutique to Via Vittoria 19 while keeping the original walnut and brass interior intact.
The story continues
See the house
where it all lives
Step inside the boutique that has welcomed Rome for three generations.