Ventaglio carpet designed by Fede Cheti for Design Icons Collection of Amini is completely handknotted with 27% pure silk and 73% wool, height 13 mm. Quality: 154,000 knots/sqm. The carpets are hand washed, clipped and carved. The fringes are revolved on the backside and covered with cloth.
Ventaglio is a series of contemporary carpets portraying sinuous and polychromatic shapes. With a strong, modern appeal, given by geometrical decoratives designed to inspire the idea of movement, these carpets hold a sophisticated and traditional appeal thanks to the meticulous craftsmanship and their precious composition in wool and silk, which give to the carpet an even more vibrant note. A prominent figure on the international design scene of the 20th century, Fede Cheti is known for having launched and proposed fabrics based on both hers and famous creatives’ designs. Her experiments in the field of industrial textiles have merged with the highest form of decorative art of that time; today Amini proposes that very same taste and style in two surprising carpets, traditional in the workmanship and contemporary in the design.
Milanese entrepreneur and designer active between the 1930s and 1970s, Fede Cheti was a central figure in the scene of the international textile industry. Dealing and collaborating with architects, designers, artists of her time, she managed to place on the market products able to influence the taste and the style of almost half a century. In 2020 the collaboration between Amini and her historical archive begins with carpets Il Volo and Ventaglio, both graphic reinterpretations of the theme of dynamism. The Design Icons collection represented by Masters. While different with regard to generation, training, experience, and legacy, what unites them is a self-same project: a kind of unfettered, personal quest, indeed, a search for the discovery and development of a dynamic and multifaceted modernity. Masters without limiting their investigation, they have dabbled with all kinds of artistic and technical forms – painting, architecture, design, applied arts, publishing, film and photography.
Starting price (VAT included): € 6.537,93