The Ellesanti Space on Via XX Settembre, in Padua

The Space

The Ellesanti Space in Padua: shop and workshop

In the city centre, on Via XX Settembre. Here a piece is not simply on display: it is made here, it takes shape, and you can see it for yourself. The workbench is in the window.

Via XX Settembre 69, Padua
Monday to Saturday, 10:00–13:30 and 15:30–19:30

How to get here
The workshop

Here it begins. Here it is made.

Behind the Space is the workshop — or rather, in front of it: the workbench is in the window. If you walk by, you can watch jewellery taking shape, one piece at a time.

What you order online is made right here, for everyone to see.

Two women artisans at the workbench in the Ellesanti workshop
Hands tightening a knot in gold cord
Hands working a burgundy cord
The visit

You can drop in. Look. Try on.

Take your time, there is no rush. Trying on a piece is how you find out whether it feels like you.

And even if you only walk past, the workshop is there: in the window, at work.

The question we will ask you

“Of these two, which one feels more like you?”

In front of the window on Via XX Settembre
The founder

Laura Santi designs the forms. Ellesanti's women artisans make them by hand.

Laura Santi spent twenty years listening to people, and today she translates that way of looking into forms to wear. A recognised artisan, she follows each piece from sketch to gift box, almost always at the workbench you see in the window.

Discover the method

At the workbench, with spools of cord
Where we are

Come and see us in Padua

Address Via XX Settembre, 69 — 35122 Padua (PD)
Opening hours Monday to Saturday · 10:00–13:30 and 15:30–19:30 · Closed on Sundays
How to get here A few minutes' walk from Prato della Valle
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Ellesanti · The Space
Via XX Settembre 69, 35122 Padua

Beyond Padua

Where to find Ellesanti beyond Padua

Found in places devoted to design and knowledge.

Ellesanti can be found in institutions and spaces around the world devoted to design and contemporary culture.

Denver Art Museum Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini Museo degli Innocenti New York Public Library MAXXI MFA Boston MoMA Bottega Brera Mart
  • 16 METRI QUADRI — Via Poscolle 6c, 33100 Udine
  • SERAFINI ARREDAMENTI — Via San Lorenzo 20, 38086 Pinzolo
  • PALAZZO ESPOSIZIONI ROMA — Via Nazionale 194, 00184 Rome
  • MACRO — Via Nizza 138, 00198 Rome
  • BOLZONI ARREDAMENTI — Via San Bellino 6A, 45100 Rovigo
  • BOTTEGA DI BRERA — Via Brera 28, 20121 Milan
  • OFFICIAL AREA BOOKSHOP — Via della Conciliazione 3A, 00193 Rome
  • DISTEFANO GIOIELLERIA — Via G. D’Annunzio 159, 95127 Catania
  • FLACCOMIO — Piazza Cairoli 15, 98123 Messina
  • OPV Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto — Via Marsilio da Padova 19, 35139 Padua
  • FORMAE — Via Monte Santo 82, 87100 Cosenza
  • GIOIELLERIA STINCHELLI — Piazza Garibaldi 8, 05035 Narni
  • MUSEO DEGLI INNOCENTI BOOKSHOP — Piazza SS. Annunziata 13, 50122 Florence
  • GALLERIA NAZIONALE DELL’UMBRIA BOOKSHOP — Corso Vannucci 19, 06123 Perugia
  • LALLABET — Corso Garibaldi 150, 84123 Salerno
  • ADA LAURI — Via dei Due Principati 57, 83100 Avellino
  • ROBERTA MODA E CASA — Via Medail 90, 10052 Bardonecchia
  • LE TARTARUGHE — Via del Piè di Marmo 17, 00186 Rome
  • TRANOI — Via B. Croce 38, 80134 Naples
  • MAXXI BOOKSHOP — Via Guido Reni 4, 00196 Rome
  • PANDORA DELLA MALVA — Piazza di San Giovanni della Malva 3, 00153 Rome
  • SINGOLARE — Viale Trieste 34–36, 87100 Cosenza
  • PALAZZO BARBERINI BOOKSHOP — Via delle Quattro Fontane 13, 00184 Rome
  • PALAZZO RISO — Via Vittorio Emanuele 365, 90134 Palermo
  • VILLA MONASTERO BOOKSHOP — Viale Giovanni Polvani 4, 23829 Varenna
  • MART BOOKSHOP — Corso Bettini 43, 38068 Rovereto
  • PALAZZO MERULANA — Viale Merulana 121, 00185 Rome
  • TERRE RARE — Via Carbonesi 6, 40123 Bologna
  • TESSE — Via Guerrazzi 19/B, 40125 Bologna
  • IL TRULLO — Contrada Serralta 49, 77100 Locorotondo
  • VINCENT TULIPANO — Via della Rocca 6F, 10123 Turin
  • WUNDERKAMMER — Via Marchetti 92, 60019 Senigallia
  • ARA PACIS BOOKSHOP — Via di Ripetta 180, 00186 Rome
  • LIBRERIA PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO — Via del Parco Celio 29, 00184 Rome
  • CENTRALE MONTEMARTINI — Via Ostiense 106, 00154 Rome
  • 3 GIRLS GIFTS — 16290 Mirasol Way, Delray Beach
  • ARTFUL ITALIA — 224 Fremont Ave, St. Augustine
  • COCKERILL — 2700 Erie Avenue, Cincinnati
  • DENVER ART MUSEUM — 100 W 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver
  • GAIA — 45 Miller Street, Winston-Salem
  • HANNAH — 234 Main Street, Wellfleet
  • MFA Museum of Fine Arts — 5600 Fannin St., Houston
  • MoMA — 11 West 53 Street, New York
  • NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY — 11 West 40th Street, New York
  • PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM — 161 Essex Street, Salem
  • SARASOTA ART MUSEUM — 1001 S Tamiami Trail, Sarasota
  • FRANCE | OONA — 19 Rue Dauphine, Paris
  • GERMANY | BUCHHANDLUNG WALTHER KÖNIG — Dieselstraße 2, Cologne
  • GERMANY | NOVO WOHNZUBEHOR — Ritterstrasse 8, Endingen
  • BELGIUM | HISTOIRE DE FEMME — Rue du Christ 28, Mouscron
  • SWEDEN | ASPLUND — Sibyllegatan 31, Stockholm
  • NORWAY | KUNSTSILO MUSEUM BOOKSHOP — Sjølystveien 8, Kristiansand
  • LUXEMBOURG | NANA’S ELECTIONS — 2 Rue Knaeppchen, Mamer
  • SLOVENIA | FLAT — Trubarjeva Cesta 7, Ljubljana
  • SPAIN | JOHARI CONTEMPORARY DESIGN — Calle Francos 29, Seville
  • NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA — Lawson Crescent, Canberra

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