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Hemp tablecover, entirely hand woven using old balls of thread.
Refined by “giorno” sewing.
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When Garfagnana lived of agriculture and sheep-farming, the handloom was also part of the daily life of families. Handlooms were built by the farmers themselves with seasoned chestnut wood; some of them were very simple, other more equipped and even inlaid. They were usually set in lofts or basements and women used to weave with the feeble light of petrol lamps.
That's how threads of hemp, linen, silk or wool were transformed into stoles, arrays, pillows, sheets, blankets.
Today this old work is carried out by few weavers who, like the ancestors, look for ancient yarns in grandmothers' trousseaux, fabrics of local production and provide themselves with wool produced by locally raised animals.
They dye clothes themselves: only colouring the materials with plant dye they can get the particular colour nuances handed down across the centuries; then the patient use of ancient foot looms, the proposal of patterns and colour matches typical of the oldest Lucca tradition.
Weaving is an art, kept alive by a great passion.
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Hemp tablecover, entirely hand woven using old balls of thread.
Refined by “giorno” sewing.
Each tomato is carved from an only piece of White Carrara marble, sculpted and hand painted with pigments of natural origin and bee wax, using the same methods of Michelangelo age.
Each fruit is made unique by small irregularities of shape and colour.
handmade and glazed
Wonderful reproductions of home and wild animals that can live in our houses, parks and gardens as alive and real presences.
Each strawberry is carved from an only piece of White Carrara marble, sculpted and hand painted with pigments of natural origin and bee wax, using the same methods of Michelangelo age.
Each fruit is made unique by small irregularities of shape and colour.
Handmade in antifreeze terracotta.
Wonderful reproductions of home and wild animals that can live in our houses, parks and gardens as alive and real presences.
Two pieces: big and small towel.
Hand-woven towels. They are woven with cotton in warp and hemp in weft, using old balls of thread recovered from old trousseuax, end 19th/beginning 20th century.
Towels are enriched by a “upturned stripes” pattern, traditional of Garfagnana weaving, and entirely hand-bound fringes.
Each pepper is carved from an only piece of White Carrara marble, sculpted and hand painted with pigments of natural origin and bee wax, using the same methods of Michelangelo age.
Each fruit is made unique by small irregularities of shape and colour.
Montelupo art majolica centre-piece "The Cocks".
This object is rigorously and skilfully hand made and painted by Master Craftsmen from Montelupo, therefore it appears unique in its details.
Carved from an only block of White Carrara marble, hand worked, with polishing.
Majolica bottle holder with black grapes decoration in relief.
This object is rigorously and skilfully hand made and painted by Master Craftsmen from Montelupo, therefore it appears unique in its details.
Carved from an only block of White Carrara marble, hand worked, with polishing.
Artistic creation in recomposed marble, handmade and hand-painted by master craftsmen
Each cherry is carved from a single piece of white Carrara marble, sculpted, finished and polished in its natural state: "nature".
Small irregularities in the shape make each fruit unique.
Oval vase with a reproduction of drawings by Gio Ponti, beginning of 20th century.
This object is rigorously and skilfully hand made and painted by Master Craftsmen from Montelupo, therefore it appears unique in its details.
Terracotta dipinta a mano.
Con la terracotta artisti di tutti i tempi hanno creato veri tesori d’arte.
