The 18th-century looms and warpers belonged to the Venetian silk weaving school, and up until the introduction of the Jacquard machine (circa 1850) they had always been used manually.
The company's famous historical archives hold more than 3,500 pattern-designs, all Bevialcqua originals.
View a short
video clip made at the Bevilacqua workshop, or a 5-picture
slide show of the Bevilacqua vintage hand looms, still used today to produce select fabrics.