Franzi

{{Short description|Italian luggage manufacturer}}

{{For|the given name|Fränzi}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Valigeria Franzi

| logo =

| image = Boscovichcatalogo.jpg

| image_alt = a faded green print on green paper of a factory building

| image_caption = The premises of the company in 1909

| type = {{ubl|private company|listed company 1905–1909}}

| industry = leather goods

| fate = closed

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| founded = 1864, Milan, Italy

| founder = Rocco Franzi

| defunct = 1998

| hq_location_city = Milan

| hq_location_country = Italy

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| products = leather luggage

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The Valigeria Franzi was an Italian manufacturer of leather bags and luggage founded in Milan in 1864 by Rocco Franzi.{{r|guolo|page=21|beppe|page2=234}} By the early 20th century, it was a supplier to royalty and nobility.{{r|guolo|page=21}} It was listed on the Milan stock exchange from 1905 to 1909.{{r|beppe|page=233}} Guccio Gucci worked for the company until he set up Gucci in 1921.{{r|vogue}}

The company mostly used English leather, but also produced some at the Conceria Monzese in Monza, which it owned. This was marketed as "Cuoio Franzi".{{r|beppe|page=234}}

In 1967 Franzi manufactured a suitcase, "Partner", designed by Cini Boeri and made from two half-shells of aluminium and ABS resin.{{r|col|page=64|moma}}

The company went into liquidation in 1978, and a new company, Oreste Franzi & Co., was set up. It finally closed in 1998.{{r|beppe|page=233}}