Italy 1900 Double bedspread Silk Damasco - 260 x 230 cm - Silk - Early 20th century

Japan 1900 - Dimensions: 260 x 230 cm; a piece of high historical value, a true artwork Outstanding pure silk bedspread, richly decorated with floral motifs. It is finished with a golden cotton and silk fringe on two sides (a unique piece!) Vintage bedspread, dating back to the first half of 1900s. This piece is in an outstanding state of preservation, it shows signs of oxidation and stains and tears due to wear, which are consistent with its age Artefact of great value and very heavy. Real masterpieces, proof of the accuracy in the preparation of patterns and jacquard loom prints, as well as the evolution of fashion. These fabrics are never ordinary, but are rich of different meanings, with an inimitable patina that only an authentic ageing can give. The fabric is to be cleaned and the stains are to be removed. Dimensions: 260 x 230 cm, with fringe on 2 sides. The brocade is a textured fabric with complex colourful designs made of discontinuous wefts that do not run through all the breadth the fabric. Made on specially crafted looms. From the 19th century it was generally woven with a Jacquard loom, previously a draw loom was used. Weaving: the coloured threads are woven on a much more refined loom to form the famous Kasuri pattern. The fabrics used for furnishing are divided into Somemono (dyed or painted) , more elegant, and Orimono (with fabric motif) less elegant. Among the former, the most used are: rinzu silk, chirimen silk, habutae silk, ro or sha silk, tsumugi silk; while the latter include wool, hemp, linen and cotton. Non-silk materials are for informal use only. Silks with a glossy finish such as rinzu are more formal than non-glossy silks. Silk (kinu) is the noblest of natural fibres. It is very expensive due to the type of processing and valuable for its characteristic brightness, elasticity, lightness and freshness; despite its fineness, it is a very resistant fabric with good thermal protection. Imported from China at the dawn of Japanese civilization, Japanese silk has undergone centuries of evolution to become the most valuable and expensive in the world. It is the type of weaving that determines the different types of fabric. Silk without special processing is called hiraginu or kiginu.