This year, Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua presents an extraordinary collection of silk velvets, where ancient Venetian craftsmanship is dressed in bold and refined hues. From the precious luminosity of gold to the depth of the most sophisticated greens, from the timeless elegance of black and ivory to the vibrant energy of fuchsia: every shade is an invitation to dream, to create spaces that tell stories of ageless beauty.
Multicolored Velvets: The Art of Complexity
Polychrome velvets represent the pinnacle of the Venetian textile tradition. Known in the East as early as the 13th century, by the 15th century they were the exclusive domain of the most specialized workshops in Venice and Florence, due to the extremely complex processes that require multiple supplementary warps and the use of precious yarns.
In the 17th century, the celebrated “garden” velvets flourished—a type of polychrome velvet, true flowering carpets that adorned noble residences until the 19th century. Flowers of a thousand colors on light backgrounds, leaves and branches intertwining in symmetrical dances: every detail is a tribute to nature, filtered through Baroque magnificence. Weavers competed to render every petal and stem as realistically as possible, multiplying shades and swirling vegetal interlacings.
Fresie
Our Fresie velvet reinterprets this heritage with Art Nouveau sensibility. The new green-gold color infuses the design with a deep, earthy preciousness: the silk pile, soft and vibrant, captures the light in perpetual change. Botanical elements move with the curvilinear grace typical of the late 19th century, when Art Nouveau celebrated the organic forms of nature.
Giardinetto
Giardinetto is a silk velvet with an elegant design, where small flowers, stems, and leaves intertwine in a refined pattern that recalls ancient decorative motifs. The dynamic lines evoke late 18th-century compositions, with a discreet reference to Baroque taste, reinterpreted in a contemporary key.
The new color is a bold, intense red that enhances the motif and strengthens its character.
Giardino Antico
Giardino Antico velvet, faithful to an 18th-century ornamental motif, dialogues with the same green-gold tone that blends the depth of the earth with the luminosity of noble metal. Reflections shift from warm to cool as light moves across the silk, creating an effect of refined opulence that speaks of history and eternity.
Glicine
Glicine velvet in the new petrol colorway is a tribute to Art Nouveau. Flowering clusters unfold in soft, enveloping forms, while the palette—lavender blues, soft yellows, rosy touches with darker accents—is enriched by lamé threads that capture glimmers of light. Petrol gives this design a contemporary sophistication while preserving the sinuous poetry of the era.
Walls
With Walls velvet, we enter the geometric universe of Art Deco. Stylized fountains with crisp lines and spirals that generate movement: petrol here becomes a refined dialogue between blues and warm neutral tones shifting toward bronze and brown on a beige ground. Lamé and the natural sheen of the silk pile softly accentuate every reflection and nuance.
Heddle Velvets: Geometry and Movement
Heddle velvets are created using a technique related to hand velvets, but with an ingenious variation: rods inserted under the warp that, when removed from the loom, create the velvet thanks to a blade at the end. These looms allow the ground and pile to be worked simultaneously, enriching the fabric with supplementary designs obtained from the interlacing of multicolored wefts.
Arabesco
Arabesco velvet embodies an orderly and precious personality. Its geometric design in oval modules plays on the alternation between raised velvet and a compact ground: symmetrical repetitions and tone-on-tone contrasts create a visual rhythm that reinterprets a classic motif in a contemporary way. We present it in classic tones of absolute elegance, such as ivory, black, light blue, indigo, antique rose, and olive green, as well as more vibrant colors like garnet, jade, and fuchsia, where boldness meets tradition.
Fiammato
Fiammato is decisive character, pure contemporaneity. The chevron geometric design comes alive in the alternation between velvet and smooth surface: irregular streaks and tone-on-tone contrasts evoke the dynamic effect of slub yarns, reimagined in a modern key. Garnet, black, ivory, indigo, antique rose, olive green, and fuchsia—this last illuminated by lamé—are the souls of this fabric that is not afraid to be a protagonist.
Fiere
Fiere velvet features a motif inspired by a 13th-century design, with two fierce animals, probably leopards, arranged symmetrically to guard the Tree of Life. The composition is stylized and balanced, with a strong graphic impact that unites tradition and contemporaneity.
The new colors are fuchsia and light blue, which reinterpret the historic subject with a fresh, modern palette.
Loto
Loto velvet is scenic sophistication. The stylized floral design alternates deep velvet and a silver ground, while sinuous lines and repeated geometries evoke Deco inspirations reinterpreted with contemporary sensibility. In ivory and black, Loto is the perfect balance between past and present.
Lune
Lune velvet captures all the energy of Art Deco: movement, plasticity, sudden yet harmonious patterns. Broken and ordered at the same time, its geometries dance. Fuchsia, bold and luminous thanks to lamé, enhances its decisive character.
Rinascimento
Rinascimento silk velvet features an elegant lattice design, where slender intertwined stems form a sequence of ogees decorated with stylized leaves and flowers of carnation, lotus, and thistle, inspired by typical Renaissance motifs.
The new interpretation in fuchsia emphasizes its graphic structure and gives the design a more contemporary and vibrant character.
Taccheggiato
Taccheggiato is a silk and cotton velvet with a unique texture: the discontinuous surface creates an effect with vintage charm, unexpectedly contemporary. Fuchsia gives it a vibrant and memorable personality.
Animalier Velvets: Sophisticated Exoticism
Animalier patterns are a timeless classic in high-end interior decoration. They add an exotic and fascinating touch that can appear discreetly on a sofa or cushions, or boldly through daring combinations and generous expanses. Velvet, with its inherent softness and silkiness, enhances every feature. Alongside motifs and colors inspired by nature, we offer innovative versions in original, highly distinctive hues.
Alligatore
Alligatore velvet features an organic pattern that evokes reptile skin textures, made vibrant by the alternation between velvet and luminous ground. Irregular geometries and central symmetry create a dynamic, shifting effect. In the new colors garnet, black, ivory, indigo, antique rose, olive green, and fuchsia, the soft, reflective surface enhances every nuance, giving the fabric a dramatic presence ideal for sophisticated interiors that are not afraid of personality.
Coccodrillo
Coccodrillo is one of the most beloved animalier velvets in our collection. It faithfully mimics the pattern of the crocodile’s skin, translating it into the unparalleled softness of silk. Here too, fuchsia transforms a classic of nature into a bold, contemporary style statement.
These velvets are intended for interior designers who seek not just fabrics, but material narratives—stories of light and color, tradition and innovation, woven with the patience of those who know that true beauty takes time. Each of our velvets is an invitation to create spaces that move, that linger in memory, that speak the universal language of artisanal excellence.
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