Ferruccio De Lupis, in an article of 1921 on "Rassegna d’Arte" magazine - conducted by Corrado Ricci, the husbandof Elisa Ricci the great historic of lace and embroidery, wrote: "As for embroidery, they were one of the peculiarities of women in Romagna. But though it’s genuine regional art it never became a real industry.
A lady named Mrs. Anita Sangiorgi Bianchi, in remembrance of embroideries that were disappearing, collected antique embroidered cloth models, and instituted tapestries schools, which until a few years ago, lived flourishing under her own name and leadership. "  

A few words are not enough to explain what Anita Sangiorgi did and the high quality of the products that emerged from her laboratory.
She belonged to a family of antique dealers, scientists and collectors in Rimini and instituted in 1897 a school for 120 embroiderers. The work consisted in lace of every sort of stitch, white and silk embroidery. The famous, perfect and particular details produced by the schools tapestries - small stitch or France-stitch, half-stitch, Marseilles-stitch, Romagna-stitch, bargello - were required in Italy and abroad. The Sangiorgio laboratory developed a flourishing activity, which still are an example for passionate people of this art, as Professor Bianca Rosa Bellomo, who made a deep-thorough historical research about the laboratories in Rimini, and embroidery women who still are working in groups and associations in order to pass from generation to generation this precious art.

Rimini, Riccione, Bellaria and in inland, Montescudo and Coriano, have associations and groups specializing in embroidery of various kinds, such as macramè, lace and tatting. They are a resource to preserve the tradition and the "know-how" in order to spread the textile history of the territory.

List of the most significant operators and associations of lace and embroidery in the province of Rimini and the neighborhood.

Embroidery and lace schools:

Laboratory - Textile TALEA
Cristina Notore and Paola Paglierani
Bellaria - Igea Marina, Rimini, Riccione. Courses of embroidery and lace
mobile +39 347 4408381 - +39 337 880702   taleaofficinatessile@gmail.com  -  www.facebook.com/taleaofficinatessile​

Associations:
- Associazione "Rimini Ricama" via Stelvio 6, Rimini  Tel. +39 0541 21500 – 349 6247297 bertifattori@libero.it  -  facebook
- Associazione Art & Ricamo - Montescudo (Evelin Malpassi tel. 0541 863197). Embroidery
- Associazione Mani come Farfalle - Savignano S. R. (Giuliana Zamagni-cell. 349 7976576). Embroidery lace and Macramè
- Associazione RicAmando - Coriano (Edwige Giovagnoli tel. 0541 656180-cell. 348 8535924). Embroidery

Groups and parish groups with activities for charity:

- Gruppo Ago e Filo dell'Ass. Farsi Prossimo-Rimini (M. Pia Barbanti phone. 0541 770494). Embroidery
- Gruppo Parrocchia Gesù Redentore - Riccione (A.Maria Metalli tel. 0541 657129-cell. 335 5717125). Embroidery
- Montescudo Ricama - Montescudo (Mariangela Sarti phone. 0541 984100- mobile 335 7341381). Embroidery

Experte:

- Gabriella Paesini - Verucchio (tel. 0541 670265). Macramé
- Rosina Botticelli - S. Vito (tel. 0541 620271). Bobbin-lace
- Albertina Factors (tel. 0541 21500. Macramé

Other:

- Laboratori Pinocchio-Coriano (A. Maria Metalli tel. 0541 657129-cell. +39 335 5717125). Embroidery