Journal
How to Recognize a Silk Velvet
Let’s explore silk velvet from its origins, to understand how it’s made and how to distinguish it from velvets created with other fibers.
The Spirit of Tradition
An exhibition brought our velvets and an ancient working loom to Venice Doge’s Palace in 2004: a video brings those moments back to life.
Luxury Fabrics: Names and Characteristics
Silk velvet, soprarizzo velvet, lampas, damask, brocatelle, satin: learn about the origins, characteristics and use of our precious fabrics made in Venice.
The “Sala Del Piovego” in the Doge’s Palace: A Piece of Venice’s History
History and curiosity about the Sala del Piovego, which has a function of high representation and is a coveted space for conferences and exhibitions.
Supporting Venetian craftsmanship
With your help, we support Venetian craftsmanship, which creates our bags and decorative cushions. Discover our collections here.
The Most Popular Patterns in Renaissance Fabrics
We reveal the typical motifs of Renaissance luxury fabrics, with the help of paintings and patterns from our Historical Archive.
Introducing our New Velvet Bags for 2020
Classic models and timeless velvets give life to three new bags by Tessitura Bevilacqua: discover Artemisia, Lavinia and Maddalena.
Soprarizzo or Cesellato: The Finest among Our Velvets
We reveal the characteristics that make soprarizzo velvet unique, and that help us to appreciate the most valuable fabric of our manual production.
A New Collaboration with the Alajmo Group in Marrakech
The interiors of the restaurant “Sesame” reflect the Moroccan soul, in harmony with the style and refinement of Bevilacqua Venetian velvets and damasks.
The flowers of Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is characterised by the elegance of its decorative motifs, especially flowers, also used for luxury furnishing fabrics.
The Origins of Fine Fabrics in Venice
This is the story of how Venetian textile art developed luxury upholstery and clothing fabrics such as silk-made “clothes of gold” and “alto-basso” velvets.
The new Bevilacqua furnishing fabrics at Paris Deco Off 2020
At the annual event in Paris, we’re presenting this month the new collection inspired by the shapes and colours of nature.
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