Carpet weaving, conservation and restoration: Festina Lente promotes a weekend of workshops and lectures
On the occasion of the widespread event NATURALES QUAESTIONES scheduled in Bobbio (PC), one of the most beautiful villages in
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Kashmir, Cachemire, Paisley
Fetured photo: Zucchi collection blocks The pictures in the article are taken from the internet Kashmir is a region in
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75 years of Tessilarte, an archetype of soft art
I met Paola Martinetti in the early seventies, when we were both under thirty; she was an architect and I
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The century of “variety”: the history of fabric from 1700 to 1750
*Featured photo: Lace pattern silk fabric, France, 1720. © 2000–2022 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain The eighteenth century
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Descriptive and introductory notes on the history of tapestry in Europe between the 16th and 18th centuries
*Featured photo: Tapestry Room di Croome Court, Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins, 1763–71. © 2000–2022 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All
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Towards Restoration: the case-study of a collectible Caucasian Rug
Translation by Elena Redaelli *Featured photo: Photographic detail of some of the restorative and conservational intervention phases of the caucasian
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THE KALAGA TAPESTRY: Birman culture’s precious textile curtain
Kalaga tapestry , XX sec, private collection. © Festina Lente Studio The word KALAGA relates to an oriental textile item
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The Lady and the Unicorn
*Featured photo: “A mon seul désir” The tapestries of 'The Lady and the Unicorn' on show in Toulouse: the challenge
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Murat’s Cloak: embroidery and precious fabrics of a 19th-century cope
Il “Mantello di Murat”, stored and on diplay at the Museo Diocesano Matronei Altamura. Photo credit dott. ing. Fabrizio Berloco -
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“Thread stories. Stories about silk: the cultivation of silkworms”
Did you know...? Product qualities of Italian silks are comparable to Chinese, Japanese and Indian ones. According to the region
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