Tessitura Friulana / Tessuti di Lino Friulano
A tradition of linen and mixed-fiber hand-loom weaving in Friuli-Venezia Giulia — historically Italy's primary linen-growing region — producing household textiles, liturgical linen, and decorative cloth on hand looms with geometric patterns rooted in the region's Celtic, Roman, and Slavic cultural layers, now endangered by loss of flax cultivation and weaver decline.
Risk level: Endangered · No listing
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