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'''''See the [[Talk:Dino_da_Campione]] for a more thorough and accurate write up in Italian, which we hope to translate and have here for the main article soon...''''' | |||
''Dino da Campione was the artist's name of wood sculpturer and pipe maker Lorenzo Airaghi, who had his workshop in a village named Campione in Lombardia - oh, there are several places of this name in that region...'' So the common infomation. | ''Dino da Campione was the artist's name of wood sculpturer and pipe maker Lorenzo Airaghi, who had his workshop in a village named Campione in Lombardia - oh, there are several places of this name in that region...'' So the common infomation. | ||
Some things must be put right. 1. his first name was Leonardo and not Lorenzo. 2. his artist's name was not deduced from a village in Lombardia but from the diminutive form "Leonardino" and "Campione d'Italia" (i.e., an Italian enclave in Canton Ticino, Switzerland). 3. Airaghi had his workshop on Via Bramante in Milano. | [[File:Airaghi Leonardo.jpeg|thumb|left]][[File:DINO E CESARE.jpeg|thumb]][[File:Innesto diagonale.jpeg|thumb|left]][[File:Scan 2.jpeg|thumb]][[File:Scan 3.jpeg|thumb]]Some things must be put right. 1. his first name was Leonardo and not Lorenzo. 2. his artist's name was not deduced from a village in Lombardia but from the diminutive form "Leonardino" and "Campione d'Italia" (i.e., an Italian enclave in Canton Ticino, Switzerland). 3. Airaghi had his workshop on Via Bramante in Milano. | ||
His pipes, predominantly leaning on the classic shapes, are supposed to have been of finest style. Sandro Pertini, Italy's beloved former President, is listed among his long time customers. Airaghi used snails as symbols for grading his pipes. He was almost unknown outside Italy where the pipewise men treated him as insiders' tip. | His pipes, predominantly leaning on the classic shapes, are supposed to have been of finest style. Sandro Pertini, Italy's beloved former President, is listed among his long time customers. Airaghi used snails as symbols for grading his pipes. He was almost unknown outside Italy where the pipewise men treated him as insiders' tip. | ||