"Nonna Ada" embroideries line by Sogni d'oro, embroiders your logo, brand name or whatever else you want to write on every type of fabric, making your item (sofa, curtain, pillow.) a high-quality and original object.

Embroidery history

Embroidery (from Arabic language: drawing) - Decoration made of thread, with a needle, generally on fabric, hide or other material. The thread is nowadays made of wool, linen or silk but in the ancient China it was made of golden or silver paper and later on it has been made even of gold or other precious materials.

The embroidery was not unknown to the ancient people. The old sacred texts and classics deal specifically with embroidery and some easy embroideries have been found even in fabrics discovered in the ancient graves.

It was in the Far East that embroidery became a real art and then it has been spreading all over the Westside countries.

Around the year 1000, in Palermo, some Muslims established an embroidery workroom which became more and more important , exporting their products all over Europe. Many books have been written about embroidery which is a typical Italian art: from the "Libro dell'Arte" by Cennini to the specific treatises of the 6th century like "il Buratto" by A. Paganino, the "Esemplario dello Zoppino", the "Esempio di Racammi" by Tagliente , the "Esemplario dei lavori" by Guadagnino.

In the 9th century, after the decline of the neoclassical style, the typical Italian embroidery came into favour again, thanks also to the country folk which has not forgotten it. Burano especially brought into favour the embroidery with typical Italian shapes. This style spread later on all over Italy. Among the most ancient embroideries, the most famous are the back-stitch, the chain-stitch, the hem-stitch, the cross-stitch. In 1830 in Switzerland the first embroidery machines were put on the market. They spread very fast breaking part of the craft productions, even if they could never reach the beauty of the hand-made embroidery. Recent proceedings give the possibility to make embroideries with the simple sewing machines.