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San Gallo fabric

Special and prestigious embroideries Born in the early 1800’s, San Gallo lace takes its name from the Swiss town of San Gallo, which is its largest producer. It is a fabric made with openwork or full embossed embroidery. The most widespread are cotton and linen, in fact the association of this fabric with the summer…

Lace, evergreen elegance

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Did you know that lace has venetian origins? It has always been considered a symbol of refinement and elegance, even if its processing began centuries ago, lace lives a new youth, returning to fashion on the catwalks, but also in everyday clothes. A fine product that has now become very versatile, capable of bringing all…

Viscose, the artificial Silk

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A special and ecological fabric Viscose is a cellulose fabric that imitates the softness of the precious fibers used historically, so it was once also called “artificial Silk”. It was invented in 1883 by the French chemist Count Hilaire Bernigaud de Chardonnet, who presented it at the Paris International Exhibition in 1891. The industrial method…

The beauty of Cotton

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Welcome to the amazing world of Cotton! In Europe it arrived for the first time in Sicily thanks to the Saracens shortly before the year 1000, although it took at least another three centuries before it spread. The importance of this textile fiber increased exponentially with the discovery of America. The cultivation of Cotton plants…