Maria monaco gallenga biography of barack

Italian textile designer and fashion designer

Maria Monaci Gallenga (1880–1944) was an Italian textile designer and fashion designer.^[1] Along with her husband, Gallenga invented a unique metallic, block printing technique for fabrics that gave her textiles a distinct hue.^[2]

Early life

Maria Monaci Gallenga was born in Rome in 1880.^[1] Born into a prominent family of academics, as a young girl she was fascinated with history and particularly in medieval and Renaissance Italian art history.^[2] In 1903 she married Peter Gallenga,^[3] a professor at the University of Rome.^[4]

Career

Gallenga started designing and making textiles and clothing in 1914 out of a studio in Florence.^[3] She often exhibited her designs in art exhibitions.^[3] These designs combined a unique mixture of old world motifs, such as heavy velvet and medieval patterns, with more mode