Striscia da tavola "Coberibancu"
The artefact
Refined hand-woven black and white table strip with a small diamond-shaped geometric pattern, a ramu weaving technique, and decorative frills with good luck vine-shoots and grape bunches, sa mostra e s’axia, woven with silver threads on a black field. The motifs typical of traditional chest cover, coberibancu, which were used to cover and decorate wooden hope chests, are woven in a sensitive and innovative way.
Details
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Tools:
Horizontal loom in Sardinia
Materials:
Cotton Metal fabrics