Tag: villa trigona

• January 14, 2015

  Delicate Craft

  Delicate enough to be framed, this lace necklace (photographed at Villa Trigona in Piazza Armerina), was created with a technique called tatting. Tatting, which is called “chiacchierino” in Italian, is a craft that’s been practiced by Sicilian women for centuries. Designs are created using thick thread that is manipulated by hand in a series of…

• December 17, 2014

  Portrait of a Young Woman

  Portrait of a young Sicilian baroness, 1906, from Villa Trigona.

• December 5, 2014

  Fountain of Trigona

  The Trigona family is one of the historic baronial families of Sicily. Like many noble clans during feudal times, they possessed many properties throughout the island–a palace in Palermo, an out-of-town mansion in Sant’Elia (near Santa Flavia and Bagheria), and a country estate in Sicily’s hinterland. This fountain is on the property of their country…