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  • Renowned for its beauty, the carpet with goats is handcrafted with the full-bodied (tutto pieno) pibiones relief technique based on a design by the artist Maria Lai realised in 1981 for the textile cooperative Su Marmuri, in which the outline of the distinctive motif of

  • These fine linen table runners are decorated with motifs taken from the local textile tradition, carefully finished with hemstitching, the hallmark of this workshop.

  • This elegant woollen carpet is crafted according to the tuttopieno (full bodied) pibiones relief technique.

  • The rich decoration of this carpet in Sardinian wool revives the motif of the local textile tradition, sa cannuchedda, with the elegant stylised figures which form part of complex geometric compositions.

  • The thick decoration designed for this patestry made of cotton, silk and golden threads, is woven on a traditional handloom. The alternation of decorative bands and intertwined motifs feature flower vases and lapwings, the typical elements of the precious Sardinian hope chest covers.

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The traditional textile industry offers a remarkable production, resulting from the mediation between history and traditional knowledge and the needs of contemporary living. The craftsmen working on the island – almost all of them pursuing family traditions, having been trained since they were children in the use of hand looms – now offer a very high quality production, full of archaic memories but, at the same time, featuring a modern design, a reinterpretation of the past to give new life to it. Nowadays, the textiles made in Sardinia feature a distinctive Sardinian character, the core element of Sardinian craftsmanship, but they also offer new shapes, models and materials with a strong and modern personality.