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] The complexity and high quality of luxurious silk fabrics caused Italy to become the most important and superior manufacturer of the finest silk fabrics for all of Europe. [ citation needed ] The almost sculptural lines of the fashions during the Renaissance were paired perfectly with the exquisite beauty and elegance of brocade, damask, and ...
Frette (/ f r ɛ ˈ t eɪ / [1] freh-TAY) is an Italian textile company that manufactures bed and bath linens. Established in Grenoble, France, in 1860, it was relocated to Concorezzo, Italy, five years later. Their headquarters are currently in Monza, Italy. As of 2023, the company owns and operates over 100 boutiques worldwide. [2]
The Silk Road in World History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-516174-8; ISBN 978-0-19-533810-2 (pbk). Sakellariou, Eleni, Southern Italy in the Late Middle Ages: Demographic, Institutional and Economic Change in the Kingdom of Naples, c.1440-c.1530, Brill, 2012. ISBN 978-900-422-4063
File history. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... 1=Italian silk furnishing fabric, late 17th-early 18th century, lampas weave, ...
The production of silk originated in China in the Neolithic period, although it would eventually reach other places of the world (Yangshao culture, 4th millennium BC). Silk production remained confined to China until the Silk Road opened at some point during the latter part of the 1st millennium BC, though China maintained its virtual monopoly over silk production for another thousand years.
Pillows consist of a filler material enclosed in a fabric cover or shell. Covers are made of cloth, such as silk, known as the pillow case or pillow slip. Some pillows have a fancier cover called a sham which is closed on all sides and usually has a slit in the back through which the pillow is placed. Rectangular standard bed pillow cases ...
It specialized in the production of the "Piedmontese organzine", a double-twisted silk yarn that was purchased by French silk weavers. [4] According to British merchants Lewis and Loubière in the eighteenth century, it was "the finest silk produced in Europe" and was used to make the warp of fine fabrics for the aristocracy. [6]
Taffeta (archaically spelled taffety or taffata) is a crisp, smooth, plain woven fabric made from silk, nylon, cuprammonium rayons, acetate, or polyester. The word came into Middle English via Old French and Old Italian, which borrowed the Persian word tāfta (تافته), which means "silk" or "linen cloth". [1]