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  • The tapestry with the fairy tale of the goat is a heartfelt dedication to the artist Maria Lai, designed by the Su Marmuri weavers and given to the artist for her ninetieth birthday in 2009.

  • La decorazione asimmetrica a grandi moduli rielabora in chiave contemporanea i motivi tradizionali dell’uccello e del rombo, caratterizzando il tappeto dalle cromie essenziali del verde salvia e neutro.

  • The motif of this carpet is a new stylised interpretation of the traditional flame design, featuring original contrasts. Woven on a vertical handloom, crafted with the wicker technique, typical of the whole production of this workshop, it features different sizes and colours.

  • This hand-made carpet, woven on a vertical loom with the wicker technique, featuring a traditional design referred to as Pintura a bindighi lunas e sa rosasa (15 star and rose motif) is characterized by delicate and sophisticated colours, geometrical motifs and clearly figurativ

  • This cotton and Sardinia wool carpet features a balanced wide geometrical decoration with musk green weaves on a neutral field, and purple parallel stripes.

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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.