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Created on the occasion of AltaRoma 2012 "Les Objets Singulier" exhibition at Galleria Ugo Ferranti, Rome curated by Emanuela Nobile Mino. Bassetti Tessuti (tr. Fabrics) is the Rome’s largest fabric store opened in 1954 by the brothers Emidio and Lorenzo Bassetti and now run by their children, Carlo, Antonio and Nicola. Bassetti has been furnishing for years textiles to the most iconic and top Italian tailors, couture houses and designers like Versace, Valentino, Lancetti, Gattinoni, etc.. Florian Böhm researches for Filed Under / Roma brought him among the thousand of fabrics of any color, shade and texture recorded on the shelves of Bassetti family’s business rooted in the heart of the city. In one of the rooms, packed from floor to ceiling with bolts and bolts of fabric, Böhm shoot a series of photos portraying expressive details of the huge textile archive. The most attractive - the one which frames a unit out of the infinite archive aligning different brand labels - has been printed on the silk scarf to embodying a sort of hybrid accessory ideally collectively signed by all the fashion Italian designers quoted, some of whom are still iconic, some other are outdate, some are real vintage goody, but all of them greatly represent the roman fashion culture, tradition and heritage - as well as the Colosseum - historically based on the eclectic mix of modernity and craftsmanship. (Text: Emanuela Nobile Mino)