Travel guide

The Craft
The craft production of Sardinia has historically expressed itself in weaving,
ceramic manufacture, wickerwork, woodwork, knives (renowned those
from Pattada), and jewels, let alone the processing of other kinds of items,
such as the carved horns. Within the wide spectrum of handicrafts are
those used in weaving. Techniques and ornamental patterns deepen their
roots into the past centuries, even though over the years the production of
textiles has undergone significant changes. Thus, there are substantial
differences between the pre-1960s handicrafts and the more recent ones,
due to the transition of the practice of weaving from a strictly family-run
background to the invasion of wider market sectors.
On the left:
Caipet created by
Eugenio Tavolara
Until the first decades of the 1900s and, in many areas, up to the 1950s,
the whole of a woman’s dowry (before getting married) was the result of
the practice of weaving. The number of clothes would vary depending on
the financial status of the bride, although burras (‘blankets’) and
coberibangos (‘chest-covers’) were always present. The latter were
accompanied by other artefacts: collanas (‘chokers’), bertulas (‘haversacks’),
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