After foundation in Scandicci, Italy in 1969 the Il Ponte Pelleteria company created 'The Bridge' brand in 1975 to cater to the luxury leather goods market. Ever since The Bridge has been a by-word for affordable luxury and quality leather goods.
With a blend of traditional and modern manufacturing skills employed, The Bridge create leather briefcases which are both functional and beautifully constructed. The use of locally sourced full hide leathers which are tanned using vegetable matter ensures a soft, supple leather which is not only luxurious to the touch but has a glowing sheen hard to mimic with chemical tanning processes.
Only the best quality threads are employed for stitching in The Bridge briefcases. The threads, which are sourced from suppliers in Germany, are acknowledged to be not only good looking but have unsurpassed anti-break properties which ensure that you will be able to carry heavy items in your new briefcase without fear of seam breakage, a problem with less well cosntructed briefcases.
The Bridge now employ over 70 people producing quality, affordable leather products including briefcases, bags and accessories in a state-of-the-art facility in the Scandicci industrial district in Tuscany, where The Bridge employ not only workshops, but offices and quality control facilities to ensure the leather briefcase you purhase will last for years to come.
Some of the features of The Bridge briefcases:
- Top quality construction using the best materials
- Locally produced leathers from the best suppliers used
- A combination of the best construction methods using both modern and traditional methods
- Quality fittings used and regular testing to ensure longevity of The Bridge briefcases
- Vegetable tanned hide used which is both soft and supple
- Premiere quality threads used for stitching of all leatherwork