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Textiles

Eight articles on the history of decorative textiles, from Coptic and Byzantine textiles to twentieth-century Europe, with photographs from the archive of Bruno Balestrini.

Byzantine period — 1 article

Byzantine textiles
Byzantine textiles
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Muslim period — 1 article

Textiles of the Muslim period
Textiles of the Muslim period
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Italy — 2 articles

The griccia, the cammino, the velvets (15th century)
The griccia, the cammino, the velvets (15th century)
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The codification of types of decoration, clothing fabrics (16th century)
The codification of types of decoration, clothing fabrics (16th century)
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France — 4 articles

French textiles of the 17th century
French textiles of the 17th century
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French textiles of the 18th century
French textiles of the 18th century
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The 19th century
The 19th century
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The 20th century
The 20th century
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This English text was translated with the help of artificial intelligence (Claude) from the Italian original, except where an English version already existed in the original archive. Read the Italian version.