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From India
The Mezzaro, from the Arabic mi' zar (veil), began to be known in Europe starting in the 17th century when trading companies began the process of exchange with India. In Genoa, the ladies of the time used it as a "head veil," but both in Italy and Europe, the mezzaro also profoundly influenced home furnishings, adapting the original motifs to the tastes of buyers. Even today, mezzaro are produced in India using ancient printing techniques with hand-inlaid wooden blocks.
A passion is born
Our passion for printed cottons was born from our encounter with the ancient traditions of fabric printing, hand block printing, which we learned about through our numerous travels to the East, particularly India.
For timeless art
Nowadays, mass production at ever-decreasing costs has reduced the production of hand-printed fabrics, with the exception of rare artisans, to a mere memory of the past. Fortunately, in India, despite modern economic and technological development, artisanal traditions, merging with a philosophy of life, are still rooted in social life and therefore resist various changes and globalization.
The Mezzaro
Viale Parioli 21, Rome 00197
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