Dagallà Rug Formation 2

The Dagallà Rug Formation 2 designed by Edoardo Piermattei. 

This beautiful rug is one of three that makes up the Dagallà collection. Of Arabic derivation, “Dag allah” translates to “saved by god”. This term is the origin of the Italian word dagala, a word which refers to the islands of vegetation which emerge from the desolate volcanic landscape of solidified lava around Mount Etna.

Artist  Edoardo Piermattei sees this term as the link between eastern and western cultures, between rug artisans and consumers.‎ Playing with these origins, the artist further transformed the word into Dagallà, seeing the possibility of creating new formations that emerge from the surface of a rug.‎