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THE SPEZZOTTI COTTON MILL (1857-1982)

Carmen Romeo

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UMBRIAN OR FRIULIAN ANCIENT TEXTILES?

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The restoration of the embroidered dress of the Virgin of Miracles, patroness of the Port of Santa Maria. (Cadiz, Spain)

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ArteMorbida Textile Arts Magazine is a space dedicated to the varied panorama of contemporary textile arts. The web-site like the magazine is designed and created with the aim of collecting and witnessing the news and the latest trends in the sector, to encourage and facilitate the dissemination of the culture of Fiber Art, stimulating the interest of the public and promoting the recognition of Textiles as an autonomous means in the most vast field of contemporary arts.

Tessuti d’Arte is the new ArteMorbida section in which, thanks to the valuable and decisive contribution of Carmen Romeo, expert in weaving, tapestryand carpet, essayist, teacher and researcher and Chiara Carta who restores tapestries and historic upholstery, we will publish insights on topics specifically related to weaving, its origins and its development over the centuries, the historical importance and collecting of textile art, and the complex and varied activities of the restoration of historical textile products.