“Embroidering” Mathematics on Arraiolos carpets
Target: to identify and classify the friezes and patterns on Arraiolos carpets
Tourist route: Textile museum (Famalicão) - Wool museum (Covilhã) - Arraiolos (Alentejo)
Nationally and internationally known the embroideries of Arraiolos are an indisputable landmark of the Portuguese tapestry.
One of the characteristics of the embroidery of Arraiolos is to give to the tapestry the resistance and the consistency that easily allows to represent several geometric drawings in an artistic way.
