The tapestry is the chief item in Mogoro production, whose long tradition has lasted until today. With its glittering colours and golden threads, it is the oldest textile woven by women of Mogoro since ancient times, handed down from mother to daughter. It first appeared as coberibancu, i.e. chest or table carpet, embellishing poor and essential furniture with its colours and embroidery. Since the late ‘40s, it also began to be hung on the walls as a large decorative picture.

The main feature of Mogoro tapestry is an explosion of colours and the symbology of embroidery: red, blue, green, yellow, black and golden threads, with reproductions of unicorns and doves, synonymous with pureness; cornucopia, meaning abundance;  grapes, fountains and water, all Christian images and typically religious metaphors.

Unlike tapestries and chest carpets (coberibancus), whose tradition is most ancient, Sardinian carpet was born but in modern times. Towards the early ‘50s, it originated from the typical manufacturing of blankets (cillonis), made of Sardinian wool, thicker and coarser. Its colours are plainer than those of tapestries – beige, red and black are largely used, although symbols and traditions remain the same.