Like to play games?
We enjoy a warm relationshop with the prestigious Italian house of Loro Piana. This top weaver surprises us time by time and recently the family Loro Piana presented to us a very special backgammon box, the favorite game of our fashion consultants (do not hesitate to challenge them for a game).
Inspired by the 17th-century Venetian game "gioco dello sbaraglino", Loro Piana has reproduced the design of the original board on precious cashmere, transforming the Backgammon throws into an "objet d´art".
Loro Piana applied its cashmere to the classics of all board games: chess, backgammon and the Goose game (and also designed some lovely suede-bordered delicately woven cashmere reproductions of polo and regatta scenes).
Each game box and all playing pieces are hand made in the best cabinet-making tradition from the finest woods: cypress, maple, pear, walnut, mahogany and cedar. And what do you do with the board itself when you are the best fabric weaver in the world? Right, you weave printed cashmere throws with suede borders.
Cashmere is a rare and precious fiber with extraordinary traits. It is obtained exclusively from the fleece of the Hyrcus goat, native to the mountainous regions of Asia and now present mainly in Northern China, Mongolia, Iran and Afghanistan. The wool is harmlessly obtained by delicately combing by hand 100 to 200 grams each year from the belly of the goat. To be able to weave one boardgame at least 10 combing sessions are needed. An extremely time-consuming process, but nowhere in the world a more soft and fine wool can be found.
The true connoisseur surely can appreciate these board games. A valuable gift for your business partner, good friend, family member or of course your sweetheart. Please do not hesitate to contact us.
Published on 14-4-2006 - Gadgets
