prato textile museum - TEXtile and apparel EuroMEDiterranean

42 Pages·2009·4.95 MB·English

TEXMED IN Kick Off Meeting 6-7 April 2009
PRATO TEXTILE MUSEUM
ACTIVITIES, PROJECTS AND OUTPUTS
INCREASING PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN TEXTILE MUSEUMS,
ENTERPRISES ARCHIVES AND DESIGN
Filippo Guarini
THE ORIGINS
AND THE EDUCATIONAL VOCATION
THE MUSEUM WAS OPENED IN 1975 IN THE
TEXTILE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE “TULLIO BUZZI”
AS A CULTURAL INSTITUTION FOR THE RECOVERY
OF THE LOCAL PRODUCTIVE HISTORY
TO SUPPORT TRAINING IN THE SECTOR OF TEXTILE
DESIGN
THIS EDUCATIONAL POURPOSE IS ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE MUSEUM
MISSION

PRATO TEXTILE HYSTORY
AND THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
WOOL MANIFACTURING STARTS
FROM MEDIEVAL AGES
THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEXTILE INDUSTRIALIZATION:
THE MUSEUM COLLECTS SAMPLE BOOKS
FROM 19°CENTURY
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEXTILE DISTRICT STARTS
FROM THE TRADITION OF RIGENERATED WOOL
TODAY PRATO TEXTILE DISCTRICT COMPRISES
OVER 7000 ENTERPRISES PRODUCING:
FABRICS, YARNS, CLOTHING, TEXTILE MACHINERY