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The family-run business Rivolta Carmignani has been synonymous with top quality for decades. Founded in 1867, it specialized in the manufacturing and marketing of personalized linen for hotels and restaurants. This book tells the story of the company founded by Leopoldo Rivolta in the Brianza area of Lombardy, Italy. Today the company is run by the fifth generation which pursues business by taking special care over the yarns, textiles and weaves, thus ensuring the greatest enduring quality. Focusing on the major events following to the construction of the factory at Macherio in the second half of 19th centuy, the book highlights the creation of bed linen and tablecloths whose designs echoed the motifs of historical styles - Art Nouveau and Art Deco. It also celebrates fashion designers such as Roberta di Camerino and Marchesa Olga de Gresy, and dwells on the successes in recent years on the new markets: North America, the Middle East and Asia.

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Book category Books in English The arts Industrial / commercial art & design Fashion & textiles: design

• Full title: Rivolta Carmignani
• Subtitle: A Century and a Half of Luxury Linen
• Author: Paola Segramora Rivolta
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 128
• EAN: 9788831716413
• ID: 05050748
• Publisher: Marsilio
• Weight: 1021 g
• Dimensions: 292 × 241 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 10. February 2014

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