Five Motta's generations have spent or are ready to spend their lives with leathers in their hands. The founder's father himself, who produced handmade shoes, used to complain about the difficulty to find leathers meeting the demanding requirement of his Customers, just as the real creator of the tannery, Alfredo, used to complain about the difficulty of tanning and dyeing his Customers' leathers. Alfredo Motta's tannery was officially founded in 1912 for producing, on behalf of third parties, leather for gloves which was in those days the second main utilisation of this natural material after the footwear.

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