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by ANNA PAOLA CIVARDI
PRÊT-A-PORTER
MATERIALS Wool
TECHNIQUE Hand tufted
SIZE 180 x 250 cm
PRICE ON REQUEST. CONTACT US.Out of stock
Description
wool
Wool is an animal fibre, most often derived from sheep fleece. Wool was already being spun as early as 5,000 BC. In Roman times, wool, leather and linen were the main materials used to make clothes. With the progressive development of mechanical processes and the evolution of breeding techniques, wool became the economic lung of several countries in the Xth century, and again in the XIIth. Renowned for its thermal and sound insulation properties, wool also offers the advantage of absorbing moisture. It is a noble and timeless material, used from time immemorial for its strength and durability. PINTON uses local wool with shorter carded fibres, which make it fluffier and give it more volume, or a specific type of wool from New-Zealand with long combed fibres that are more resistant to heavy traffic. Both types of wool are spun (carded or combed) and dyed in the spinning plant located in Felletin. Whether they are made in 100% pure virgin wool or blended with other materials like linen, silk, bamboo, leather or many others, PINTON wool rugs and carpets bring comfort and quality.
hand tufted
The hand tufting technique is a process combining centuries-old skills and modern weaving tools. The canvas is perfectly stretched over an upright loom and the craftsperson transfers by hand the future design of the rug with the utmost precision. Threads are inserted manually, one by one, working with a gun on the back of the canvas, following the colours, the drawing and the different tuft heights. PINTON was one of the first manufactories to use the gun tufting technique to produce some of its rugs and carpets and is the only French workshop offering very high quality tufted rugs. With this technique, production times are reduced compared to the knotted stitch weave or point noué. Finally, hand tufting offers a large range of possible depths. Carving is the technique that consists in sculpting the wool and creating textures within the woven rug. Since the early 1990s, PINTON has been specialising in the production of hand tufted rugs for which it also collaborates with famous designers and artists.
Anna-Paola
Civardi
Anna-Paola Civardi is an Italian painter and architect living and working in Paris. After graduating from the Politecnico di Milano in Milan and the École de Peinture Décorative Artemisia in Paris, she worked for major interior architecture firms such as Antonio Citterio in Milan and Jean-Michel Wilmotte in Paris. In 2015, she partnered with Fabrizio Fiorentino to create and co-manage an agency, united by a same predilection for simple and elegant aesthetics with a touch of Italian flair! Receptive to nature and its meditative qualities, Anna-Paola Civardi considers every interior as a place fostering well-being and creativity, paying particular attention to colours and materials since they play a key role in this. She sees painting as breathing in and out, a meditation during which thoughts and images come in quick succession and combine, a movement in which shapes and colours relate to different emotions. It is this unusual approach that convinced PINTON to collaborate with Anna-Paoli Civardi.
