Description: Inspired by the ornaments used in decorations typical of Mediterranean culture, the filet decorations were applied to make a prototype of a candlestick sconce using the most precious material, namely gold thread, creating unique effects and veiled transparencies. Thanks to the skill of the embroideresses who took on the challenge of working a material […]
Description: It consists of a net of squares with effects running diagonally, a modern reinterpretation of a Missoni design, whose ancestral geometric matrix appears in some Norman mosaics, also drawing inspiration from ancient fabrics that other women in other places and times have handed down to us. You can appreciate the combination of the ancient art […]
Description: The Sicilian drawn-thread technique which consists in a lattice creating by removing threads from the weft and warp of a linen cloth made it possible to achieve a remarkable continuity between the embroidery and fabric backing, without perceiving that something was inserted as in the case of filet creations. Its use was experimented on […]
Description: The band recalls a border with the same colors of a majolica bowl (made in Santo Stefano di Camastra, in imitation of the style used in Palermo in the 17th and 18th centuries). The design features an endless pattern weaved around a clover, symbol of the three virtues: faith, love and hope. The clover […]
Description: Rectangular tablecloth in ecru linen with filet lace around the edges with phytomorphic and spiral motifs. Rectangular openwork centre with filet lace featuring the same pattern. Decorated corners. The particularity of this tablecloth is that the filet applications, both in the central part and along the edges, were made in a single piece. Hence […]
Description: Modern table-centre made with the round filet technique: the tight mesh takes inspiration from the rose-windows that capture sunlight in the facades of Gothic churches in the Chiaramonte style in Sicily. This type of mesh is little known and has uncertain origins. It is believed that it dates as far back as ancient Egyptian […]
Description: Inspired by the ornaments used in the decoration of majolica tiles made in Santo Stefano di Camastra, the filet decorations were applied to make a prototype of a candlestick sconce using the most precious material, namely gold thread, creating unique effects and veiled transparencies. Thanks to the skill of the embroideresses who took on […]
Description: The creation of this scarf is the result of an unusual combination of a high-tech material that is difficult to work using the filet technique, namely extruded polyamide yarn, and precious materials such as red coral, scaramazza pearls and gold thread. The inspiration for this scarf was the sea recalling the remote origins of […]
This photo album is to be considered one of the numerous experimental creations of the students of the “Isnello Ricama” Art School making use of external expertise in a research pathway aimed at the recovery and reuse of techniques (like the filet dating from the 16th century), paying particular attention to new products employing the […]
Description: Modern table-centre made with the round filet technique: the tight mesh takes inspiration from the rose-windows that capture sunlight in the facades of Gothic churches in the Chiaramonte style in Sicily. This type of mesh is little known and has uncertain origins. It is believed that it dates as far back as ancient Egyptian […]
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