Beautifully illustrated, this book accompanies the second
edition of Italia Invita -
the International Forum of
Lace and Embroidery, a biennial event dedicated to this
important aspect of Italy's cultural heritage. an invaluable
opportunity for embroiderers and lacemakers to meet and to
display and discuss their precious works.
Today, the decision to
work with embroidery or lace arises from the makers' desire to
explore and express their own creativity through an
arts and
crafts tradition. Implicitly, this links the practicing
embroiderer or lacemaker with the historical undercurrent
supporting these techniques, and with this knowledge comes a
responsibility for safeguarding and continuing these traditions
for
future generations. As a contribution to the understanding
past and present developments in these areas, this publication
includes research into various techniques - this research forms
the core topic of the Exhibition
Le Origini
('Origins') and the theme of this 2005 Italia Invita forum.
Merletti e Ricami Italiani
Italian Laces and Embroideries - Forum 2005
a cura di Cristina Notore
Casa Editrice Nuova S1
italiano - inglese
Formato: cm. 29,7 x 21,
192 pages and 161 pictures (colours and B/N)
euro 25
Index's Extract:
- p.5 Foreword of Fiorella Gaggi, Italia Invita associazione's president
- p.7 Thessy Schoenholzer Nichols "Lace and Embroidery: from the 16th century and today
- associations and comparisons"
- p.22 Stitch's drawings by Thessy
Schoenholzer Nichols
- p.31 Glossary of stitches in context found in the Origins from the Middle-Ages to the beginning of the 17th century, in embroidery and laces, and still in use in Italy,
Italian and
English language
- p.47 The Origins: studies on lace works and embroideries based on pattern
books from the 15th and the early 16th centuries. Pictures of pattern books
- p.101 Borders italian techniques Laces and Embroideries
- p.159 Marialuisa Rizzini "I would like to be under-stood without speaking...".
Laces, embroideries and pattern books in the 16th century
- p.180 Bianca Rosa Bellomo "Elisa Ricci: embroideries,laces, books"
- p.186 List of exhibitors the second
edition of Italia Invita - the International Forum of
Lace and Embroidery
Merletti e Ricami Italiani