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The pattern of one of our luxury furnishing fabrics was created for a 17th-century male robe that was quite important for the history of Venice: the toga of the Senatori of the Serenissima.<\/p>\n

History and Interesting Facts About Senatori Velvet<\/h2>\n

Today, professional attire is required in the palaces of the Senate in Rome. In particular, men must wear a tie and suit jacket. The same was true of Venetian Senatori in the 16th and 17th centuries: when on duty, they had to follow a precise dress code. Like other patricians, they wore a cloth gown but not black like everyone else: it was crimson red. It was completed by a stole indicating their role in the senate. With their red robes made of velvet or damask, they stood out from the rest of the Venetian aristocracy on Saint Mark\u2019s Square and during the government\u2019s sittings and parades.<\/p>\n

In the past, various attempts have been made to reproduce these gowns, but they all failed because hindered by a major problem.<\/p>\n

The pile and the bottom of the fabric are both the same color: so, to distinguish the pattern, the pile must be higher than the ground. To get this effect, thick rods need to be placed beneath the threads, but none of them has been preserved and no craftsman was able to reproduce them.<\/p>\n

In the late 1990s, however, Tessitura Bevilacqua succeeded in the attempt, making the right tools and thus being able to produce the Senatori soprarizzo handmade velvet<\/a>. Besides this precious type of velvet, one can also find Senatori heddle velvet<\/a> and Senatori velvet<\/a> in the collection.<\/p>\n

In addition to Senatori soprarizzo velvet<\/a>, another type of velvet called \u201caltobasso\u201d or \u201cpile-on-pile\u201d was once produced by hand, of which you can see a photo from our archives. The latter is a type of handmade velvet with two different pile heights. This technique is similar to the soprarizzo in which there are two different levels of pile, one higher cut and one lower curly, but in this case they are both in cut pile. In fact, for its realization, two cutting irons of different heights are used: the lower one will create the ground and the higher one will create the pattern.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAltobasso\u201d or \u201cpile-on-pile\u201d Handmade Senatori Velvet \u2013 Bevilacqua\u2019s Historical Archive Photo<\/p>\n

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Senatori Velvet Pattern<\/h2>\n

The pattern of our Senatori velvet and Senatori heddle velvet, however, has remained the same as that of the togas used in the 16th and 17th centuries. The paintings by Domenico Tintoretto (1560-1635) and Tiepolo (1696-1770) that you can see on this page prove that: two large stems climb and interlace to enclose a crown first and then to hold up a corolla with four or six petals enclosing a stylized rosette.<\/p>\n

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Both elements are heraldic symbols<\/a>:<\/p>\n