Saber fazer, saber tecer, saber bordar: o bordado da Ilha da Madeira na cidade de Santos (1950-2023)

Abstract

This dissertation addresses one of the least studied traditional cultural traits of the city of Santos, which has been popularly recognized as Bordado da Madeira, or Bordado da Ilha da Madeira, in its way of doing and its history, having as background and reference the craft at the Morro do São Bento, in Santos, despite having its production circulated in the main neighborhoods of the central historic port region of Santos, a city located in the coastal region of the state of São Paulo; that progressively attracted immigrants from the second half of the 19th century to the first decades of the 20th century and which has established itself as the center of the international coffee trade in Brazil. The production in Santos began around the 1950s, and currently is out of use, in an imminent discontinuation.