Velluto Genovese
A silk velvet tradition distinct from Venetian velvet — Genoese velvet characterized by deep, uncut pile in bold pomegranate and palmette patterns on a satin ground, historically produced for the European aristocratic furnishing market and recognisable by its weightier, more sculptural pile relative to Venetian production.
Risk level: Critically Endangered · No listing
The making of Sardinian traditional costume — one of the most complex and regionally differentiated in Italy, with over 360 distinct local variants — involving weaving, embroidery, sewing, and accessory making in a system where every…
A tradition of fine goldsmithing centered in Sulmona — birthplace of Ovid and center of the confetti (sugared almond) and confetti jewelry tradition — producing filigree, enamel, and repoussé work in a school influenced by both Neapolitan…
The making of traditional Adriatic fishing boats and small craft in the Trieste and Friuli coastal area — including the bragozzo (flat-bottomed lateen-rigged fishing boat), the topo (smaller fishing vessel), and the sandolo (flat-bottomed…
The making of the resolza — the traditional Sardinian folding knife — and the pattadese (a distinctive variant from Pattada with a myrtle-leaf blade shape) using forging, grinding, and careful heat treatment, with handles of mouflon horn,…
The creation of miniature mosaic pictures from tiny glass tesserae (filati) — rods of colored glass drawn to hairlike fineness, cut into fragments as small as 0.2mm — set in a wax or plaster ground to produce jewelry, tabletop panels, and…
A family of bobbin lace traditions from the pre-Alpine and Alpine Lombardy areas — particularly Cantù (Como province) and Bergamo — producing fine lace in floral and geometric patterns that bridged the northern European bobbin lace…
The Yomut carpet (Йомут халы) is the second major Turkmen tribal carpet tradition — produced by the Yomut tribe of the Caspian coast and Balkan Province, distinguished from Tekke by its specific kepse gul (diamond-shaped medallion)…
The foundational cloth-making tradition of Timor-Leste in which hand-spun cotton is woven on a backstrap loom using warp-ikat resist-dyeing to produce ceremonial textiles dense with ancestral motifs.
A supplementary-weft float weaving technique from Timor-Leste in which discontinuous colored weft threads are interlaced over and under selected warp threads to build up raised geometric motifs on a plain-weave ground.
The most elevated textile tradition of Brunei Darussalam: a supplementary-weft weaving technique in which gold or silver metallic thread (songsong) is interlaced over and under warp threads to produce raised geometric and floral patterns…
The Ersari carpet (Эрсары халы) is the carpet tradition of the Ersari tribe — the largest Turkmen tribal group, settled along the Amu Darya river in Lebap Province in northeastern Turkmenistan and in northern Afghanistan.
Keteni (Кетени) is the silk weaving tradition of the Mary Province oasis — the only significant silk weaving tradition in Turkmenistan, and distinct from Uzbek ikat (CRAFT-0686) in using a warp-stripe system rather than a resist-dyed abr…