A hundred years of craftsmanship in Casole d’Elsa
Since 1926 the Cerri family has turned the warmth of wood into made-to-measure doors and windows. Today, in its third generation, it celebrates its centenary.
Wood is our language
Born from the intuition of founder Ottavino and handed down today to Simone and Tommaso, Cerri Serramenti celebrates a hundred years of craftsmanship in 2026. We don’t make ordinary window frames or furniture doors: every piece is made to measure to converse with the architecture that hosts it.
Understated luxury, where yesterday’s handcraft meets today’s way of living.
Ottavino: the 1926 workshop
It was 1926 when Ottavino Cerri opened his workshop in Casole d’Elsa, in the Sienese Valdelsa, a land that for centuries has trained craftsmen able to turn wood into something timeless. He could read an oak board the way you read a face: its history, its knots, its hidden qualities.
His philosophy was simple and absolute: no compromise on quality, no two pieces alike, no dissatisfied customer. Those principles, passed down from father to son, still guide our work today.
Mario: a passion handed down
Raised among the planks and sawdust of the family workshop, Mario Cerri took his father’s business to a new level. In the years of Tuscany’s great building boom, Cerri Serramenti became the reference for builders and villa owners across the province of Siena.
Mario introduced the first CNC machines without abandoning handwork; in fact he made it the benchmark: the machine prepares, the hand finishes. It is still our method.
Simone and Tommaso: carrying the tradition forward
Simone and Tommaso Cerri inherited not just the company but a work culture built on rigour, passion and respect for the material. Together they have opened Cerri Serramenti to new challenges: international luxury architecture, the conservation of listed historic residences, and exports to Europe, the Middle East and the Americas.
They follow every client in person, visit the sites and choose the timber. In a hundred years the family has learned that true luxury cannot be delegated: it is done in person.
A hundred years, one rule
In 1926 Ottavino Cerri opened his workshop in Casole d’Elsa, in the Sienese Valdelsa. Since then the family has worked wood by the same rule: no compromise on quality, no two pieces alike.
1926
Ottavino Cerri founds the joinery in Casole d’Elsa.
The 1970s
Mario Cerri introduces the first CNC machines.
The 2000s
Simone and Tommaso join the company and start working with architecture studios.
2026
A hundred years of craftsmanship, with the passion of the very first day.
The centenary is not a finish line
2026 marks a hundred years. In a century Casole d’Elsa has seen an artisan workshop become a recognised name in fine architecture. For Simone and Tommaso the anniversary is not an end point: it is proof that what is built with passion and honesty stands the test of time, just like the wood they work every day.
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