Velvet: bright and soft, perfect for premium gift box
Few fabrics caress our senses with such intensity as velvet, a fabric that evokes precious living rooms and distant eras, an emblem of elegance and royalty. The velvet fabric, with its bright tones and warm softness to the touch, has unique characteristics and has been appreciated for centuries by the most heterogeneous figures: nobles, artists and stylists, but more generally by all those who love beautiful things. Its name derives from the Latin term "vellus" and means precisely fleece or cloak. The term lends itself well to describe the typical hair finish that characterizes it and can be variable in type and length.
A brief history of velvet fabric
The first traces of this material date back to the 13th century and are lost in an indefinite place along the legendary "silk road", probably in the Kashmir region, nestled between India, Pakistan and China. In the following century it arrives in the hands of Italian artisans, especially those of Venice - in contact with the East - and of Palermo, due to Arab imports. Thanks to the great skill of Italian artisans, interest in this fabric grows and it is in the first decades of the fifteenth century that it begins to be exported to various European countries, attracting the attention especially of the noble class.
In the Renaissance, velvet, combined with materials such as gold, was requested by large customers such as the Church and very wealthy families who used it for both clothes and upholstery. Finally, with the industrial revolution, the production of velvet becomes easier and faster, making the fabric cheaper and accessible to a wider segment of the population.
Main velvet characteristics
Traditionally, velvet was made with silk fiber, which made it particularly shiny and soft to the touch, but also delicate; sometimes it was even enriched with gold or silver leaf. Subsequently other materials such as cotton, linen and wool were also introduced which made the fabric less luxurious but definitely more resistant.
Timeless and always up-to-date, velvet is a very bright and delicate fabric to the touch but at the same time soft and resistant as well as a symbol of values such as refinement and value. This is why it is possible to admire it in many different sectors: from the catwalks of famous designers to home decorations, up to the collection of designer gift boxes, watches, cosmetics, perfumes and more generally many luxury Christmas boxes.