It was July 16, 1926, when iris boarded ship headed for New York. Born in Florence in 1900, Iris had always been high-spirited and exuberant, and possesed of a great talent for the dance. Even as a little girl, she had insisted on studying dance - against the will of her parents, who wanted for her a more traditional education.

 

So in that far-off 1926, buyoed up by her dreams and high hopes, she set sail in search of the dance company that would have secured her success and fame. She made it to Broadway, where she began to work. Beautiful, young, blessed with a beguiling expression and an aura of natural charm, she immediately captured the attention of the public. Early in the last century, iris challenged everyone and everything and succeeded in her dream of living a full life as she imagined it. A few precoius letters are the only token still left to us of her inexhaustible vitality - letters that still transmit, to those who jealously presever them, that atmosphere of adventure and inexplicable mystery with which they were suffused when they arrived here in Italy nearly eighty years ago. 

 

 

 

 

Stipula recalls the vibrant life of this buoyant young woman, a member of the family of the founder of the company, with affectoinate nostaliga - and it is to her that we are dedicating the collection of fountain pens "Iris", in this year that would have marked her hundredth birthday.

 

 

The pen revives the essential lines of the early Twenties as expressed in the fullness of the Art Deco style, in tones of hazelnut that create sprightly plays of color on the barrel. The finishings are all in 18k rosegold. The totally orginal filling system consists of an easy-to-use retractable "pin" piston mechanism, operated by a metal ring, that fully retracts the nib into the barrel. The clip rotates through 360 degrees to assure a perfect grip for any user. The cap is embellisehd by a ruby set in the 18k red gold.  "Iris rosada" is produced in a limited series of 88 numbered pieces.