Arighi Bianchi

Arighi Bianchi is a furniture shop in the town of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.

[1] It has a cast iron and glass frontage, and stands close to Macclesfield Station and Tesco.

It was saved from demolition in 1973 after a campaign supported by the Victorian Society, the Architectural Review magazine and Sir John Betjeman.

In 1854 Antonio Arighi left the tiny silk-weaving town of Casnate near Lake Como to escape the ravages of the Italian civil war.

[citation needed] The 19th century progressed not without incident, with Arighi's intervention helping to save the town from flooding in 1872 and the decision to move to the current site in 1883.