Giancarlo’s Restoration.

Francesca throws her arms around Giancarlo as he helps her off the scaffold. “The toe of the Madonna is emerging,” she announces.

Each year he permits another young lady from the restoration school in Florence to demonstrate her mastery on his villa’s dining room fresco.

“The work may not be finished in my lifetime, perhaps,” he shrugs. “But we prefer the old, slow methods... centimeter by centimeter.”

Her fingers brush sympathetically up and down his lapel.

Aged Lambskin Jacket (No. 1798), from an original acquired in Milan. North American lamb leather that has a mellow, worn look and texture achieved by a lengthy tanning process; the result appears to have been in your family for a few generations.

Jacket has besom pockets with flaps. Two buttoning inside pockets. Fully lined satiny Bemberg rayon in body and striped sleeve lining, the best. Imported.

Men’s even sizes: 38 through 48.

Color: Cognac.