Journal
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
Clothes make the Senator
The Senatori velvet was inspired by the old gowns of Venetian Senators: why was reproducing them difficult for handwoven velvet manufacturers?
Weaving as seen by a weaver
One of our weavers tells her experience and what it means producing Venetian velvets on handlooms, to understand their value
From useful to beautiful in a single line
Today we’re taking a trip to a theatre, and a little back in time. Because we’re going to tell you how the soprarizzo Decó Göteborg velvet was born. So we have to pop over to Sweden. Swedish fabric designs on Italian furnishing fabrics A pair of months ago we went to...
What is a jacquard loom?
How did the production of jacquard fabrics change textile industry and make the weaving of all kinds of luxury fabrics much easier? Here’s the answer
Tempo Italiano, or Bevilacqua goes to Sweden
At the Tempo Italiano festival in Stockholm we showed the Italian fabrics for upholstery we produced for Swedish palaces in the 1920s
How did our history as Italian fabrics manufacturers begin?
Who were the first upholstery fabric manufacturers at Bevilacqua’s? Here’s how our history as one of the oldest Italian fabric mills began
The golden threads of a centuries-old tradition
Here’s where the production of cloth of gold – i.e. fabrics with golden threads in them – comes from, how they’re produced and where they’re used today
From Sweden to Venice: new patterns
Some of Bevilacqua’s luxury furnishing fabrics show Swedish motifs, thanks to Maja Sjöström and to the family’s connection with Sweden
A piece of (Italian) history
Tessiture Bevilacqua has been producing Venetian fabrics since 1700: so the Italian Chambers of Commerce named it Historical company of Italy
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