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On the night of the 5 April this year Fidalma Lisio died at her villa in Rapallo. She was the only child of Giuseppe Lisio, and inherited the textile company which he had founded in 1906 with the aim of reviving the splendours of Italian Renaissance textiles. After her father's death in 1943, Fidalma Lisio took on the demanding task of preserving the weaving techniques and knowledge acquired during his life. At that time, and especially during the Sixties and Seventies hand-woven luxurious fabrics were out of fashion: plastic, practical styles and simple clean designs or folk and ethnic fashions were all the rage. These encouraged the use of less sophisticated hand work with powerful effects of colour and texture. Fidalma therefore divided the business into a number of companies, which still survive, with independent administrations but united under the same name: the splendid shops in Rome, Milan and Florence; the business which still produces, though now industrially, fine furnishing fabrics; and of course the Fondazione Arte della Seta Lisio, which, with its fine old equipment, still continues to produce hand- woven velvets and brocades. Fidalma gave her constant support and encouragement to the Fondazione, for which she always displayed a special interest    La Fondazione has become a member of the C.I.E.T.A.    La Fondazione took part in the V Seminario Tecnico sulle sete bizarre, a seminar on exotic silks, held in Brindisi and Lecce from 9 to 12 May. The other seminars (and the first two were also organised by the Fondazione) were held in Savona, Palermo, Lyons, Madrid. The first results of these studies will probably by announced in the forthcoming CIETA, to be held in Lyons at the end of September.    Christine Bishop, (in the photo) an embroiderer from Adelaide, Australia, came to the Fondazione for an individual course on needlepoint lace. She was taught the history and techniques of lace-making by the teacher at the Fondazione, Thessy Schoenholzer Nichols. (in the photo: Christine with her diploma)

EVENTS and NEWS from our mailbox ITALIA Splendori di Sicilia. Arti decorative dal Rinascimento al Barocco (Splendours of Sicily). Decorative Arts from the Renaissance to the Baroque, exhibition curated by Maria Concetta Di Natale. Magnificent jewels, corals, silverwork, fabrics, Sicilian wooden sculpture. Palermo, all'Albergo dei Poveri. Exhibition prolonged until the end of June 2001. Intrecci d'arte al museo (Woven art at the museum) The work of five artist-weavers: Wanda Casaril, Patricia Kinsella, Gina Morandini, Lydia Predominato, Thessy Schoenholzer Nichols. Museo Civico d'Arte di Modena 12 May - 21 October 2001. I Tessuti della Fede (Liturgical vestments and cloth) Decorative borders from the 15th and 16th centuries in the collection of the Museo del Tessuto in Prato. PRATO 16 December 2000 - 31 July 2001 Tel. 0574 611503, fax 0574-444585, e-mail: museodeltessuto@ po-net.prato.it Artigianato e Palazzo: botteghe artigiane e loro committenze (Craftsmen and the Palazzo: artisans and their patrons) Fair with demonstrations, entertainments and refreshments. The gardens of Palazzo Corsini sul Prato, Florence 16-20 May 2001 E-mail: neri.torrigiani@torrigiani.com Proposte 2001. Tendaggio e tessuto di arredamento in anteprima mondiale Curtains and furnishing fabrics: new collection Villa Erba - Cernobbio, Como 2-4 May 2001 E-mail: studiomichelangelo@sii.it.proposte.milano@tin.i FotoTessere.3 - free Web exhibit of textile/fiber arts New international edition of FotoTessere, the free virtual exhibition of woven art. exhibition curated by Tessimilia, the first Italian web-site of weaving and associated arts. Opening 1 July 2001, new works accepted until 31 December 2001. Contact: http://www.geocities.com/tessimilia/ft3/bando.htm for information. WORLD Arquitectura nòmada del Mediteraneo (Tent culture in the Middle East) Centre de Documentaciò Terrassa Spagna until 27 May 2001 info@cdmt.es http://www.cdmt.es Ghanian Flags Asafo flags reveal an oral tradition of wisdom and wit Textile Museum Washington, DC, USA May 25 - July 12, 2001 http://www.textilemuseum.org

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