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Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua

Venice · Italy

Hand-woven soprarizzo velvet, damasks, and lampas on 18th-century Venetian guild looms

What you’ll find

What Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua is known for

Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua still weaves its prized soprarizzo velvet by hand on eighteenth-century looms once owned by the silk guild of the Venetian Republic, alongside damasks, brocatelles, and lampas fabrics for haute couture and historic restoration projects. The family-run showroom and shop on Santa Croce welcomes visitors by appointment to see the looms in action.

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