Museo dell'intreccio mediterraneo di Castelsardo
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Bottle and chair covers
Bottles
Woven covers for bottles, flasks and other containers for liquids are made to provide protection to the glass objects and, consequently, their contents. In San Vero Milis this is a typically feminine craft. Fine strips of sedge fiber are used to cover flasks, bottles, jugs and glasses, and even boxes, pens and cases for small objects, etc. The warp is closely knit and even with the spokes forming a radial pattern; the weft is fine, soft, silky and aesthetically elegant with, in some cases, geometric or floral designs or featuring the Sardinian folk dance (Ballu tundu).
Chairs
The widespread use of the chair as a piece of family furniture in Sardinia dates to the mid-nineteenth century. These chairs had peculiar characteristics: they were low with the seat woven in plant fibers, requiring constant maintenance because of their tendency to easy wear and tear. This activity was done by both men and women: the fibers were worked and woven while damp using simple weaving techniques. Starting by fixing the fiber to the wooden structure in one corner, the weaving then proceeded to form a single central cord and make the closure at the centre of the seat.
Museo dell'Intreccio Mediterraneo - Castello dei Doria
via Marconi - 07031 Castelsardo
Direttore Museo Dr. Nicola Russo
T. +39 079 6014769 - Cell. 347 1118547
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E-mail: direzione.museointreccio@gmail.com
