Art of Sicilian weaving

Handmade Product

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The production of textile products in Sicily is an ancient art: it was born in the hands of housewives who work for the preparation of the trousseau of young women who are preparing for the wedding, until it becomes a manufacturing industry for the benefit of the nobility and the clergy. A textile product is the meeting of a warp, that is the complex of the threads that form the longitudinal part of the fabric, with the weft, that is the threads that run transversely from one end of the loom to the other, the result is a remarkable product. artistic value. The figure of the loom and the weaver refer to something ancient, which the Sicilian tradition has been able to preserve.