Kept through generations

Family heritage.

Roots, textiles and family memory.

The persimmon tree at the entrance

Rooted since 1892.

At the entrance to the house, the persimmon tree planted in 1892 in the family orchard remains a living point of reference. Its story belongs to the history of the family and this place.

Its roots, trunk and shade give a tangible meaning to the house’s rooted family identity. As the house begins a new chapter of hospitality, the tree remains a connection with the generations before us.

Planted: 1892
Place: The family orchard, at the entrance to the house

The old persimmon tree at the entrance to the family home, with flowers in the foreground and the veranda lit at dusk — The persimmon tree planted in 1892, at the entrance to the family home.

Passed from hand to hand

Two display cases.
Two family stories.

A woman beside the fireplace, with the family wedding dress in the left display case and the segouni and embroidered chemise in the right — The two display cases, on either side of the fireplace.

At home, beside the fireplace

Woven, worn.
Kept close.

Beside the fireplace, a handmade wedding dress and a traditional outfit from Karya carry the family’s connection with Lefkadian weaving and embroidery.

The white wedding dress with its multicoloured woven panel in the carved wooden display case, with the framed magazine photograph beside it — The wedding dress, with the framed magazine photograph beside it.

The left display case

The wedding dress and the magazine cover.

The left display case holds a handmade wedding dress. Its fabric was woven on a loom in 1970, bringing the craft of weaving into a personal family story.

The dress appeared on the cover of the magazine of the Nikos and Takis fashion house. A photograph of that cover accompanies the dress in the display case, keeping the garment and its publication together.

The textile: Handwoven on a loom, 1970
The publication: Magazine of the Nikos and Takis fashion house

The dark woollen segouni with red trim and the great-grandmother’s white embroidered chemise, in their carved wooden display case — The woollen segouni and the embroidered chemise, in their wooden display case.

The right display case

The segouni and the embroidered chemise.

The right display case holds the great-grandmother’s woollen segouni, a traditional sleeveless outer garment from Karya, Lefkada. It dates from the late 1940s to the early 1950s.

The great-grandmother’s embroidered chemise worn beneath it is older: it dates from 1923. Together, the two pieces preserve details of Lefkadian dress and different moments in the family’s memory.

The woollen segouni: Karya, Lefkada · Late 1940s – early 1950s
The embroidered chemise: The great-grandmother’s, dated 1923

From one generation to the next

A thread that continues.

The garments are part of a wider family inheritance. Original curtains and tablecloths, passed down from the great-grandmother and preserved unchanged, still belong to the everyday life of the house.

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