TECNIQUES
Caterina De' Medici Embroidery
Embroidery inspired by the Reinassance for both the technique, the one with counted threads, and the patterns, thin drawings of small trees and animals. The material is characteristic: loose-woven linen fabric of several heaviness; thick thread, little twisted thread of cotton, linen or silk proportioned to the heaviness of the fabric.
Traditionally the colors of this embroidery are natural white and ecru, colors which stress the relief effect of the thread on the fabric; Our Laboratory also puts forward testings with color, relating to the Reinassance origins of the technique when a light blue or red colored silk thread was used to decorate dresses or table carpet borders.
Caterina de'Medici technique is particularly recommended for curtains, pillows, doily and home accessories; manufactures are finished off with the peculiar tassels made of assembled knots.
Florentine Quilting
Guicciardini quilts, dated back to the second half of XIV century and preserved one at the Bargello National Museum in Florence and the other at the V&A in London, are the most ancient manufactures known to have been embroidered with this technique.
Several uses have been given to this particular kind of stuffed embroidery through the centuries, from soft furnishing to clothing, taking advantage of the capacity of the wool used for the stuffing to keep warm.
Our Laboratory puts forward manufactures inspired to the medieval tradition in regard to techniques and drawings, but also contemporary graphics which are well suited for this embroidery, are held up as a mode.
Quilts and pillows are the most suitable manufactures, curtains and lampshades create suggestive light and shade effects.
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