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A textile monument created for Augustus the Strong, the “Sun King of Saxony”, returns to the Dresden Royal Palace (Residenzschloss)
Sabine Schneider
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Technical aspects for the reconstruction of a hand-woven silk velvet and cloth of gold
Eva Basile

A ‘Lion’ in Legnano. A Rare Example of a Lisio Fabric at the Palio
Alessio Francesco Palmieri-Marinoni



Conserving the Ephemeral. Restoration of a 19th-Century Theatrical Crown
Lucia Miazzo

Orientalism and Fashion in the Empire Period: an embroidered scarf from Genoa’s Textile Collections
Loredana Pessa e Claudia Santamaria

Eighteenth-Century Sicilian Fans. The Duke of Cesarò’s Unpublished Inventory of 1740
Elvira D'Amico

Teaching Activities at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure: Restoration of Three Fondazione Arte della Seta Lisio Fabrics on Cardboard Backings
Sara Bonadio, Elena Gualandris, Jasmine Sartor, Elisa Zonta

A Life Woven of Multicoloured Threads: Angela Giordano’s Fifty Years of Successes
Sofia Brezzi


La Fondazione Lisio
Fidalma Lisio


I tessili dell’avvenire
Aurora Fiorentini

Dall’utile al dilettevole. Abiti da lavoro divenuti capi di moda
Roberto Bonito Fanelli

Falsi merletti della fine del secolo XVIII
Thessy Schoenholzer Nichols

Costumi teatrali progettati all’Istituto Statale d’Arte “G. Chierici” di Reggio Emilia

Un corso nuovo per una professione nuova
Thessy Schoenholzer Nichols

Tessuti tinti a riserva dell’Egitto romano e bizantino
Roberta Cortopassi

La tessitura a Bolandu e a Shahr-i Sokhta: il presente e il passato dell’Iran
Francesca Gandolfo

Un damasco mediceo
Mary Westerman Bulgarella

Oggetti siciliani lavorati a maglia del periodo neoclassico
Elvira D’Amico

Mario Puliti e il laboratorio di tessitura dell’Istituto Statale d’Arte di Firenze
Annarita Caputo

Buratti frangiati bianco-rossi nei corredi della Carnia
Maria Mansi

Dal tessuto di moda al pamento liturgico
Carla Cavelli Traverso

Fatti di politica e di moda nel “Giornale dei sarti” e nel “Corriere delle dame”
Stefano Franzo

Conferenza alle ex alunne del Sacro Cuore
Fidalma Lisio

Melchion Briosco ricamatore milanese
Bice Diana Montalto

Il bisso marino: alla ricerca di un materiale perduto
Felicitas Maeder e Marcel Halbeisen

La collaborazione di Elda Cecchele con Salvatore Ferragamo 1954-1956
Irina Inguanotto

The last known industrial village: the Lisio silkmill at Ponte Ema
Cristiana Torti

Il simulacro della Madonna di Cireggio (Verbania)
Laboratorio di Restauro Tessili Antichi dell’Abbazia Benedettina “Mater Ecclesiæ” dell’Isola San Giulio a Orta


La Contrada Sovrana dell’Istrice e l’Arte della Seta Lisio. Una collaborazione dal 1927
Paola Marabelli


Vite parallele. Attiliana Argentieri tra storia e Fiber-art
Pierfrancesco Busetto

Pittura e cesello ad ago. Antiche arti eternamente nuove
Cristian Minuti

Embroideries from the Land of Roses. Bulgarian Fabrics and Embroideries in a Private Collection in Genoa
Maria Daniela Lungh

The ‘Mediceo’ Velvet
Paola Marabelli

‘Medicea’ – A Dress for Fondazione Lisio
Sara Paci Piccolo


Pack Your Trunks – We’re Off!
Simona Lombardi e Lucetta Lucarelli

"Textiles in Literature" - Sailcloth on Board the Florence
Anna Maria Colombo

‘Implosive’ and ‘Explosive’ Models for an Analysis of the Work of Anita Pittoni. Part II. The ‘Explosive’ Models, a Rereading of the Futurist and Constructivist Influences in the Work of Anita Pittoni
Paola Giuntoli

Flemish-Iberian Weaving. 15th- and 16th-Century Painted Velvets in Sardinia, the Iberian Peninsula and Flanders
Clara Carta

An Elegant 19th-Century Chapel and its Textiles
Anna Maria Colombo

Solace: Devotional Images in Oleographic Print Fabrics
Simona Lombardi

A World on Their Shoulders . . . and Heads!
Simona Lombardi

Maria Lai. Interweavings of Threads and Stories
Ilenia Vecchio

‘In the Artist’s Words’ - ‘Emotional’ Sculptures in Felt
Sanja Spasic

The 1831 Canuts Revolt in Lyon. The Art of Silk Weaving, the Workers’ Movement and Representation of Labour
Sandro Scarrocchia


The Robes of the Unknown Confraternity of the Madonna of the Rosary of the Church of Santa Caterina in Palermo
Elvira D’Amico

‘Implosive’ and ‘Explosive’ Models for an Analysis of the Work of Anita Pittoni. Part I. The ‘Implosive’ Models
Paola Giuntoli

Conversation on San Giulio Island – Lake Orta: Miao Textiles and Clothing
Flavia Fiori

The Annunciation: Iconography of a ‘Succo d’Erba’
Simona Lombardi

Mauro Molinari. Orditi & Trame. Warps & Wefts in ‘Paper Fabrics’
Paola Marabelli

The Textile Section of the Museum of Commodities Sciences of the La Sapienza University of Rome
Malgorzata Biniecka, Patrizia Falconi, Raffaella Preti

The Tapestries for the XI Milan Triennale (1957). The Best Years of the Manufactory of Esino Lario
Maria Taboga

Study and Restoration of the Wig of a ‘Dressed Mannequin’
Giusy Cusimano

Disciplina tua, ipsa me docebit. The Compagnia di San Benedetto Bianco in Florence
Simona Lombardi

Through Others’ Eyes. When Fashion Turns Ridiculous
Anna Maria Colombo

Ties by Arte della Seta Lisio
Paola Marabelli

Benozzo Gozzoli and Florentine Silk Production in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century
Cristina Borgioli

Lyon-Florence. Silk Production by the ‘Manufacture Peyron’ for the Royal Court at Palazzo Pitti
Gioele Tinnirello

The Opulent Mantle Donated by the People of Valtellina to the Madonna of Tirano
Gianluigi Garbellini

Painting and Chasing with Needle and Thread. Ancient arts, eternally new
Cristian Minuti

The Art of Embroidery at the Service of the Virgin Mary
M. Anna Maria Cànopi osb

On writing: the penwiper, an everyday object
Simona Lombardi e Lucetta Lucarell

TessArt’è: Two Years of Intense, Absorbing Work. The project, the training course and the itinerant exhibition
Erika D’Arcangelo

Marjolein Dallinga’s Sculptures in Felt. The Museo del Tessuto di Prato celebrates contemporary art
Ilenia Vecchio

Weaving Words. A new artwork by Silvia Beccaria
Camilla Merletti e Anna Maria Colombo

Research goes on. Experimenting with forms, colours and pleasure
Maria Luisa Malerba

Archaeological textiles: knowledge and knowhow. An ethnographic exploration of a high-density nano world
Flavia Carraro

The striped fabric of Jacopone da Todi: cloth of the Devil or cloth of Christ?
Luciano Ghersi

The Our Lady of Sorrows in the Cathedral of Trento: clothes made by the workshop of Rinaldo Martini
Alice Simoncini

Shu Brocade and its Museum: The Shu Brocade and Embroidery Museum, 成都蜀 锦织绣博物馆”
Filippo Comisi

Cheong-sam. A lady’s court robe
Maria Daniela Lunghi


The Historic Banners of the Friendly Societies. Restoration Reports
Laboratorio di Restauro Tessili Antichi Abbazia “Mater Ecclesiæ”, Isola San Giulio - Orta

A further note: the restoration of the banner of the musical band of Quiesa
Simona Lombardi

My colours, my emotions and my memories. Recounting and transmitting emotions through weft and warp
Gabriella Bottaru

Sunday wood engraver and accidental weaver
Luigi Golin



The Gianoli Merchants in Milan and the Campertogno Émigrés
Flavia Fiori

The Theatrical Costumes of the Brothers Braccio and Ottaviano Compagni
Valentina Baldi

Mourning Becomes Luxury. A Method for Consolidation of a Neoclassical Gown in Tulle and Stylistic Reconstruction of Its Underdress
Giusy Cusimano

Elegance Overhead: a 19th Century Parasol
Adele Olivieri, Lucetta Lucarelli, Simona Lombardi

Textiles in Literature. Savelich and the List of the Master’s Possessions
Anna Maria Colombo


An Indo-Portuguese Quilt dating to circa 1630
Maria Daniela Lunghi e Claudia Santamaria

From embroidery to finished gown. Notes from collections designed by Franca Polacco
Irina Inguanotto

Knitwear as Design: Reconsidering the Vanguards. Personal and Teaching Experience
Silvana Musella Guida

Aemilia Ars needle lace today. Not just a pastime, but a profession
Francesca Bencivenni

Atelje 61. Woven tapestry art from Serbia
Ulrikka Mokdad

“Unusual”. Protection from the glare of the fire: the textile écrans à main
Anna Maria Colombo e Elisabetta Salzotti

“Textiles in literature”. Moll Flanders steals Holland, lace and brocade
Anna Maria Colombo

Two new reconstructions of historical gowns on show in Bergamo
Mara Bertoli

The “Pigna” velvet
Paola Marabelli

The Museum of the Sanctuary in Savona and its textile collection displays
Magda Tassinari

In Memory of Maria Teresa Binaghi Olivari
Magda Tassinari

2015 – 2021. Diary of a “journey” for the reconstruction of fabrics destined for Dresden, the “Florence on the Elbe River”
Sabine Pretsch



La ferme: the story of an embroidery thought to be an engraving
Simona Lombardi e Martina Panuccio

The American flag, past and present
Adele Olivieri e Simona Lombardi

Parallel lives. Attiliana Argentieri between history and Fiber- Art
Pierfrancesco Busetto

Paisley fantasies on jute canvas: the art of Lucia Buono
Anna Maria Colombo


Vestments belonging to the Church of San Pietro di Rovereto (Genoa)
Alessandra Molinari



Tapestries: magnifi cent structures
Laura Bertuzzi e Simona Lombardi

Unusual painted fabrics: “succhi d’erba”
Simona Lombardi e Lucetta Lucarelli


Silvia Beccaria: weaving between the visible and invisible
Anna Maria Colombo


Painting and embroidery in liturgical vestments. Ancient skills revived in Cremona
Cardinale Giovanni Lajolo, Cristian Minuti e Tobia Beati

Chinese embroidery: schools, styles, techniques and stitches
Elettra Casarin

Venetian faschion designer Franca Polacc and her work with Elda Cecchele
Irina Inguanotto


The fan: passion and private collecting today
Simona Lombardi

Return to the future: from collecting textile to new design
Alessandra Caputo

Weaving with Cyborgs and Other Journeys, an interview with Ruth Scheuing
Julie Holyoke




Little Bags by Ornella Ottolenghi. The Discreet Allure of the Elegant Accessory
Irina Inguanotto

The Story of an Elf. Ilene Alciati, Marionette-Maker
Anna Maria Colombo

As Gentle as a Remembered Breeze. The Restoration of a 19th-Century Silk Shade
Simona Lombardi


Previous reconstruction projects from antiquity. Study, research, design, creation
Paola Marabelli
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