Our fabrics often take up the characteristic decorative motifs of past eras that are kept in our historical archives. But for 2022 we are also proposing new original designs and new colors: we would like to present them to you.
NEW ART DECO DESIGNS FOR LUXURY VELVET UPHOLSTERY FABRICS
Art Deco identifies an artistic style that characterized the early years of the 20th century. The term was coined in 1925 but already in the early years of the century those stylistic characteristics that defined it were evident: geometric lines, wide, broken, dynamic, and full, which aimed to embody the idea of movement and the power of machines that many saw as the glorious future of humanity. This was combined with the use of fine and rare materials to establish an opulent and luxurious style. The inspiration came from many artistic sources: futurism, cubism, primitive arts, but their mixture was absolutely innovative because they wanted to cut the past and the ‘old’ to open the doors to modernity.
THE MASTER OF ARTS EMANUELE BEVILACQUA
The Art Deco style inspired the creation of most of our new fabric designs, by our technical director Emanuele Bevilacqua, a member of the Bevilacqua family, a master of arts and designer. In 2016, he received the MAM-Master of Arts and Crafts award, sponsored by the Fondazione Cologni, at the Milan Triennale. He is the heir of a very noble and precious tradition learned directly from the teaching of the last great Venetian master, Angelo Falomo, that of Venetian worked velvet. Emanuele follows the creative development of the collections, from the sketch to the drawing on graph paper up to the creation of the perforated cards for the Jacquard machines of our laboratory, those that allow the realization of our handmade velvets.
Thanks to his experience and sensitivity, Emanuele Bevilacqua has created exclusive designs for our new velvets: Capri, Lune, and Fontane.
Capri Velvet
The Capri velvet is inspired by the seabed of one of the most beautiful Italian islands and recalls elements of the Art Deco period. The silhouettes of corals create a vertical movement on the pattern and stand out against a background in which geometries and shades create different depths. An orderly compositional structure in which the repetition of individual elements creates dynamism.
Capri Velvet – Coral
Capri Velvet – Celeste
Capri Velvet – Jade
Lune Velvet
The design of Lune velvet reflects all the energy, movement, and plasticity of the figures typical of Art Deco, the style from which it is inspired. Curved lines, sudden and broken plots, but at the same time orderly and harmonious, whose depth is highlighted by the play of light and shadow of the soft velvet pile.
Lune Velvet – Coral
Lune Velvet – Celeste
Lune Velvet – Jade
Fontane Velvet
The classic and symmetrical shapes, the clear geometries that intertwine in an Art Deco composition of graphic perfection, create a harmonious vertical movement in Fontane velvet. Essential geometric shapes that are reminiscent of fountain gushes that emerge thanks to the refined contrast of velvet sheens.
Fontane Velvet in Jade
Fontane Velvet – Coral
Fontane Velvet – Celeste
Fontane Velvet – Jade
Pigna Velvet
The refined Pigna velvet pattern, which dates back to the 1400s, comes from our historical archives. Its orderly mesh composition, with large volumes, recalls stylized naturalistic elements: garlands of oak leaves, separated by a twisted cord, frame a pinecone surrounded by leaves and a slender shoot of acorns.
Pigna Velvet in Jade
Pigna Velvet – Coral
Pigna Velvet – Celeste
Pigna Velvet – Jade
Pigna Velvet – Light Blue
Pigna Velvet – Antique Pink
