This bedspread in beige wool felt has been embroidered with a multicoloured floral and green-stem pattern.
Width 1.8 m
Length 2.15 m
Susanna Pozzoli © Michelangelo Foundation
Susanna Pozzoli © Michelangelo Foundation
Susanna Pozzoli © Michelangelo Foundation
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Susanna Pozzoli © Michelangelo Foundation
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Maria Dinis Pereira
- Embroiderer
- Nisa, Portugal
- Master Artisan
Contact
Portuguese
Hours:
Monday to Saturday 09:00 - 12:00 / 14:00 - 18:00
Monday to Saturday 09:00 - 12:00 / 14:00 - 18:00
Susanna Pozzoli © Michelangelo Foundation
An ambassador for a local tradition
- • The town of Nisa is famous for its wool felt embroidery
- • Dinis often collaborates with Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos
- • She is inspired by the flora in the region where she lives and works
Dinis Pereira is a tenacious and hard-working woman. She has always lived in her hometown of Nisa, in the Alto Alentejo, which is famous for its embroidery and pottery. However, her works have travelled as far as the US, where at the peak of her business she used to supply a shop selling traditional Portuguese wool felt embroidery items for the home. Though the practice of making trousseaux has almost died out, Dinis has never stopped this ancient tradition, thanks to her collaboration with Lisbon artist Joana Vasconcelos, who taps into Portugal’s artisanal heritage and reinterprets it with deep respect for the authentic values it represents.
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Photo: © Cláudia Brites
Bedspread
Photo: © Cláudia Brites
Bedspread, detail I
Detail from a white linen quilt with multicoloured floral pattern.
Photo: © Cláudia Brites
Bedspread, detail II
Detail from a white linen quilt with floral and leaf pattern, embroidered using cotton thread of various colours.
Width 70 cm
Length 1.05 m
Photo: © Cláudia Brites
Patchwork blanket with embroidered wool felt applique
This multicoloured patchwork blanket has been embroidered with a dark blue floral pattern.
Width 2.1 m
Length 2.7 m
Photo: © Cláudia Brites
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Width 1.5 m
Length 2.2 m
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