Handcrafted Leather Belts — Unique Pieces
Artisan Leather Belts Collection
Handcrafted leather belts from Matilde Montanari’s Bologna atelier.
Each piece is unique: finest leather, hand-painted medallions, punchwork, ribbons, and brass details create wearable art.
Discover Matilde’s one-of-a-kind handmade belts.
OAK — Black and Colors Belt
Unique piece
A luxury black leather belt, entirely hand-decorated and hand-painted by Matilde Montanari in her Bologna atelier. Colorful leather medallions — in orange, pink, blue, and green — are applied by hand onto the structure. Gold metal spirals and spherical studs punctuate the composition. A one-of-a-kind piece of wearable art, handmade in Italy.
Black bovine leather + colorful printed leather elements
Brass elements in gold finish, applied by hand
Decorative punchwork individually executed and painted in gold
Press stud and nappa bow closure
Size: S-M
Handmade in Italy
Price: €400.00
Ready to ship from Bologna in 3-5 working days
BIRCH — Orange Belt
Unique piece
Handcrafted leather belt in Italian vegetable-tanned leather with a sculptural form that follows the body with fluidity. Handmade punchwork along the edges, executed one by one. Brass studs. An orange viscose ribbon, tied with sartorial gesture, closes the belt and becomes its visual signature. One-of-a-kind, handmade by Matilde Montanari in Bologna, Italy.
Vegetable-tanned bovine leather
Orange viscose ribbon
Brass studs
Decorative punchwork individually executed
Viscose ribbon as closure element
Size: S-M
Handmade in Italy
Price: €260.00
Ready to ship from Bologna in 3-5 working days
OAK — Purple Belt
Unique piece
A wide-band belt in vegetable-tanned leather with an exclusive, undulating silhouette. At the center, a composition of purple suede circles overlapping burgundy leather discs, held together by brass spirals and spherical studs. Hand-punched details — small holes surrounded by gold paint — run along the belt’s lines. The back closes with a purple nappa ribbon bow. A unique piece, handcrafted by Matilde Montanari in Italy.
Vegetable-tanned leather, calfskin leather patches, nappa and suede
Purple suede applications hand-cut and hand-applied
Decorative brass spirals and studs
Punchwork individually hand-painted in gold
Purple nappa ribbon bow closure
Size: S-M
Handmade in Italy
Price: €320.00
Ready to ship from Bologna in 3-5 working days
OAK — Leaf and Black Ring Belt
Unique piece
A wide-band belt in Italian vegetable tan leather with an undulating silhouette, dominated by a large black ring at its center. Around the ring, a sculptural leather flower takes shape: hand-modeled petals, textured leather leaves, and metal studs compose a small three-dimensional artwork. A black nappa ribbon closure completes the composition, elongating the silhouette and adding movement. The belt’s edges are marked by a continuous line of micro-punchwork, each one individually executed and finished. One-of-a-kind, by Matilde Montanari.
Italian vegetable-tanned leather
Decorative studs individually applied
Black plastic ring decorative element
Perimeter micro-punchwork executed by hand
Black nappa ribbon as closure element
Size: S-M
Handmade in Italy
Price: €280.00
Ready to ship from Bologna in 3-5 working days
The Gesture behind the Art
Every Matilde Montanari creation is born from hands that know leather. No machine exists that can replicate what happens in our Bologna atelier: every cut, every hole, every brushstroke is a unique, unrepeatable gesture that transforms an ancient material into contemporary wearable art.
We exclusively use high quality Italian leather. Unlike chrome tanning, vegetable tanning uses tannins extracted from bark, leaves, and roots — a slow process that takes weeks rather than hours.
The result is leather that lives: it changes color over time, develops a unique patina, tells the story of whoever wears it. It is warm to the touch, with an unmistakable scent, aging with grace rather than deteriorating.
The brass elements and spherical studs, the ribbons, the colorful leather applications — every element is positioned and fixed by hand, one by one.
There is no assembly line: it is Matilde herself who composes each piece, deciding where to position each detail.