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  • These traditional cushions, designed to be combined in various ways, are handwoven according to the pibiones relief technique in various shades of colour on a neutral background.

  • This elegant shawl, element of the traditional Sardinian costume, is made of light tibet wool, it is embroidered with vibrant polychrome silk thread and finished with a long decorative fringe.

  • This table runner woven with cotton warps and linen woofs on a handloom, is characterized by the use of the a pibiones technique, featuring two side bands, decorated with the a catenella motif, typical of Sardinian weaving tradition, and a hemstitch.

  • 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

  • The original and elegant hanging headboard, made of relief pibiones fabric following the semipieno technique, incorporates the diamond traditional motif, su pistoccu, in plain shades.

Il settore

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.