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Dia de Sol em Lisboa

Carlos Botelho1983

Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações

Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações
Lisboa, Portugal

Tapestry production in Portalegre only began in 1946 on the initiative of two friends, Guy Fino and Manuel Celestino Peixeiro, who hoped to revive the tradition of hand-knotted Portalegre carpets. The first tapestry thus appeared the following year, in 1947.
«Portalegre tapestries are woven by hand on vertical looms. This technique differs from the French one in that it consists of a simple crossing of the threads from the warp and those from the weft, while in the Portalegre technique the decorative weft completely involves the warp’s threads, leading to a density that can vary from 2,500 to 10,000 stitches/dm2.» (on the issue brochure “Tapeçarias de Portalegre”).
Each Portalegre tapestry reproduces an original on a different support and scale. «But more than a simple reproduction, tapestry is also, on its own, an original work of art for its qualities.» (Ibidem). This piece was acquired by CTT Correios de Portugal to decorate the Conference Centre at Forum Picoas in Lisbon.

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  • Title: Dia de Sol em Lisboa
  • Creator: Carlos Botelho
  • Date Created: 1983
  • Location: Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Physical Dimensions: Height: 154 cm; Width: 231 cm
  • Subject Keywords: Tapestry; Portalegre
  • Type: Portalegre Tapestry
  • Rights: Photo: Hélder Soares; Collection: CTT Correios de Portugal/Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações.
  • External Link: Catálogo Digital da Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações
  • Medium: Portalegre Tapestries Polychrome woollen thread, hand woven.
Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações

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