Archive Code
3399
Fabric Name/Historical Name
Melograno lampas
"Melograno" Scalamandre brocade
Date
ante 1935
Type
Lampas
In a letter to the weaving mill in 1935 from Rome, artist Maja Sjöstrom mentioned the brocade “Melograno” design 3399 as one of the possible options to propose to a customer. [Source: Historical archive section 1905-1945, correspondence, letter 1956]. The historical name of this fabric suggests that it was originally produced for Scalamandré.
Archive Code
-
Type
Photograph
Name
Photograph showing the weavers Gina Valier and Annamaria Zandali with a piece of the “Melograno” lampas
Date
s.d.