Melagrana

Melagrana

MELAGRANA, Italian for pomegranate, draws on one of the most widely shared motifs in the history of decorative art. Cultures across the East and West have returned independently to this stylized, ovoid floral form: in Persian textiles, Moorish tile work, and Italian Renaissance weaving, the pomegranate appears as a symbol of rebirth, fertility, and the interconnectedness of peoples. Fortuny's MELAGRANA distills that layered heritage into a single printed surface, its stems and leaves framing the central form with the precision of archival pattern-making applied through a contemporary color sensibility. The metallic stampa heightens the motif's presence, giving it the quality of embossed ornament on a textile ground. Part of the IMAGO collection.