Velvets (Collezione Antonio Ratti, Volume V)
Como, Italy: Ratti S.p.A., 1996. No. 409. Slipcased. Coal black cloth/boards; color image laid on; gilt lettering. Matching black cloth/board slipcase with black paper faces. 159 pp. with 53 color plates. NF/VG. Item #160556
Text in English. Volume 5 in the series Collezione Antonio Ratti. Includes an essay about velvet, an essay about the velvets in the Ratti collection, the catalogue (arranged chronologically, 1400s to 1900s), and a helpful glossary. Beautiful images of all sorts of velvet cloth. "The Como-born industrialist Antonio Ratti (1915-2002) knew the art of silk very well, in all the phases involved in production – from rearing silkworms to spinning to weaving. Ratti had a real passion for fabric, which in 1985 led him to create a foundation with the purpose of studying and promoting international research in the field of textiles and visual arts. Ratti also had a deep love for art in general – and these two passions of his were central to his project. Ten years later, with the New York Metropolitan Museum, he founded the “Antonio Ratti Texile Centre”, which among other things takes care of the conservation of textile finds kept in the museum. The headquarters of the Fondazione Antonio Ratti – with the annexed Fabric Study Museum (Museo Studio del Tessuto) – is in the beautiful Villa Sucota, a mid-1800s building on Lake Como." - from the foundation's web site.
OCLC: 38451491
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