The name Montegrappa has always been bound to the refined art of low relief engraving. The first and only pen manufacturer to use this particular technique, in 1992 Montegrappa produced a commemorative fountain pen for its 80th anniversary that received much applause from the public and the other manufacturers for the exceptionality of its manufacturing.
The three-dimensional image is obtained by cutting him surface with tiny linear cuts of different depths and removing small quantities of teal. His process produces a surface that is characteristically different in the way it reflects light from those generated by a mechanical pantograph engraver or any other means of enervating a relief image.
This refined technique, sometimes referred to as "brocade running", was originally developed in Switzerland in the mid 19th century. Originally a aster pattern, which could be a brass or resin disk or a cylinder, was used to continuously control and vary the depth of cur in a series of fine parallel cuts, either straight line or circular, on the work piece.
In 1992, with the application of CAD/CAM system to low belief engine turning, the need to create a mechanical master pattern was removed virtually generating the three-dimensional surface. The image is then transferred, using the CAM system, onto the surface of each piece. Even after the introduction of these technologies, which permit aesthetic perfection, the more complex and the Teem Palace, known as the end of Petitions. Through this window a box was lowered into which anyone could lip a petition addressed directly to the personal attention of the Tsar.
There were thousands of petitions which had to wait such a long time for an answer that in Russia the eying "entrusting one's business to the slow post" meant the same as our own saying waiting till the cows come home".
Montegrappa 1912, the oldest Italian manufacturer of rating instruments, has decided to dedicate one of its precious, highly sought-after limited dictions to those legendary days of the Russian Empire when it was still shrouded in an atmosphere of magnificence and mystery.
The Cosmopolitan Russia extols Montegrappa skills in the field of craftsman metalwork with goldsmith's techniques of sophisticated elegance. The barrel and cap of the pen are entirely decorated with low-relief engravings, reproducing in a miniaturized scale the sumptuous designs and the symbolic motifs which over the walls of the Golden Room, whose solemn iconography reflects the power of the Tsar and the great influence of Russia throughout the whole world.
Both the fountain pen and the roller ball versions of the Cosmopolitan Russia available in solid silver (or 18 carat old) and red resin, the emblematic color of Russia. An elegant casket of American elder completes the presentation.
With its breathtaking magnificence and
mysterious, impenetrable aura, the
Kremlin is the most remarkable symbol of
power in Russia. The oldest part of this
imposing complex, whose name means
"Fortress", was built in the 13th century.
The original building was gradually
enlarged over the centuries, some of the
additions being intended for religious
purposes while others were built to house
public offices or as private apartments for
the Tsar and his family, until it eventually
resembled a small town.
The most fascinating part of this vast
complex is the Terem Palace.
The ground floor houses the workshops
where craftsmen wove fabrics and made the
ceremonial dress, the clothes and the linen
for the rulers, while the upper floors
housed the state rooms and private
apartments of the Imperial Family.
This floor was built in 1635-36 on the
original part of the palace. Designed and
built by Alevisio Fryazin between 1499
and 1508, it is the part of the Kremlin that
best reflects the Russian taste for rich
decoration and sumptuous furnishings.
Enclosed as if in a jewel casket within this
wing of the Kremlin which is itself already
very private, sacred and very inaccessible is
the Golden Room, so called because of
the sumptuous magnificence of the
decorations. It contains the private study
where the Tsar dealt with affairs of state
and received a very restricted, select
group of visitors. The only form of
communication with the outside world,
the court and the subjects of his vast
empire was the central window of his
study which looked out onto the facade of laborious phase, and at the same time the more artistic one, remains the realization of the drawing. The difficulty lies in the fact that the image has to be engraved on a cylindrical surface. Many times a single drawing takes up to months as any error can result in onerous consequences: matched to perfection, the meeting point where the engraving starts and ends can be sometimes difficult, even to an expert hand. This advanced technology is exclusively used by Montegrappa and has made it famous for the innovative and imaginative application to its fine writing jewels.
