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Dear Basilica, it’s time for your Sunday velvet
Che ci fanno i velluti d’arredamento della Bevilacqua dentro la Basilica della Madonna della Salute a Venezia? Venite a scoprirlo, ma solo il 21 novembre
The right name to the right fabric: some tricks
If you can’t you tell a brocade from a lampas or don’t know the features of damasks, here are some tricks to help you give a name to each fabric
Venice, silk and Renaissance: a journey full of surprises
Let’s step back to the 15th century in Venice to discover who raised silkworms and produced the silk the city needed for its luxury fabrics
Surrounded by the light and warmth of yellow
In the 1950s, one of our Venetian velvets was chosen to decorate the Yellow Oval Room in the White House: these are its features and why it ended up there
How velvets are born: from the drawing to the loom
The phenomenal story of one of our most peculiar Italian velvets, made for the stylist Yiqing Yin, and of the requirements of a handloom
Jacquard weaving in 5 moves: how it works
We’re about to tell you how the Jacquard machine works, to show how Italian handmade fabrics are produced on antique looms
Weaving relationships to grow together
Tessitura Bevilacqua is now part of the Venice Textile Manufacturers, a network of companies born to preserve the textile traditions of the Venetian area
The Silk Guild in Venice: the first weavers
The success of Venetian luxury silk fabrics began with the guilds born from the 13th century onwards. Here’s how they were born and what they produced
A history of fabrics in Venice
Let’s go to Altino, a city connected to the origins of Venice and its silk industry, where we took part in a meeting on the history of fabrics
The challenges of the Kremlin velvet
By means of the history of the Venetian velvet we made for the Kremlin we tell you how difficult the production of luxury velvet fabrics can be
A wave of new fabrics and colours
Tessitura Bevilacqua took part in the International Furniture Fair in Milan with some new luxury fabrics for upholstery and cushions in soft colour variants
From animal velvets to the White House: Bevilacqua, Iris and Carl Apfel
Tessitura Bevilacqua has produced fabrics for upholstery for Iris and Carl Apfel, too, interior designers and founders of Old World Weavers
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