L'histoire de Borgo delle Tovaglie : des tissus antitaches

Today I would like to tell you a little more about us, because I often take it for granted that you already know who we are.

Borgo delle Tovaglie is a brand born in Bologna in 1996 from the idea of ​​my mother Daniela. Her desire was to create elegant tablecloths but with the unique practicality of stain-resistant fabrics. In those years in Italy there were only horrible oilcloths, at most usable for children's parties in the garden, with a treatment so heavy and shiny that it made them mirrored and rigid. Alternatively, fabrics with a Teflon treatment that were called waterproof, but in reality only resisted water, were starting to appear around.

Thanks to the collaboration of a textile company and the help of my uncle who produced magnificent fabrics for high fashion, my mother developed over the course of 5 years a treatment capable of not only maintaining the fabric in its original appearance, but of making it completely waterproof to oil, red fruits, tomato sauce, coffee and even the dreaded red wine. It took five years of trying, because no fabric was ever soft enough and bombproof!

My mother has always been an elegant woman with refined tastes, but at the same time extremely practical, modern and capable of combining work with the needs of a family of four. Although the daily routine of our life required a certain practicality, she never wanted to give up a well-set table. Sundays with the family passed happily and at the table there were grandparents, uncles, nephews and often, in those happy moments, the stains on the tablecloth were perhaps the only problem.

This is how the first Borgo delle Tovaglie shop was born in Bologna, at number five of the ancient Via delle Tovaglie, in an interior conceived as a small living room where my mother received customers to create custom-made linen tablecloths with stain-resistant treatment and splendid lace edges.