{"id":9145,"date":"2017-06-15T13:01:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T11:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.luigi-bevilacqua.com\/?p=9145\/"},"modified":"2017-06-16T09:32:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T07:32:58","slug":"veludere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luigi-bevilacqua.com\/en\/veludere\/","title":{"rendered":"The tales of our \u201cveludere\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”] Who\u2019s the velud\u00e8r<\/em>, in Venice? The craftsman who weaves velvets. At Tessitura Bevilacqua there are six, and they\u2019re all women, so veludere<\/em>. They\u2019re the protagonists of the video directed by Angela Colonna and whose title is indeed \u201cVeludere\u201d. Here\u2019s what they\u2019ve told us.<\/p>\n

Production of velvet: the opinions of our weavers<\/h2>\n

Venice began producing velvets<\/a> during the 14th century, and little by little this became one of the most important industries in the city, involving more than 6.000 looms and thousands of people. Together with Lucca, Genoa and Florence it was indeed one of the centres that supplied fabrics to all European cities.<\/p>\n

After the golden age of Renaissance, the Republic of Venice fell and mechanical looms spread everywhere: as a consequence, this industry declined. So now Venice only has 6 weavers who can produce velvets on handlooms: Bevilacqua\u2019s veludere<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In the video you find at the end of this post, they tell what being part of this tradition and weaving velvets by hand means to them: it\u2019s like witnessing the birth of a work of art<\/strong>. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=”Testimonial” author=”Silvia” url_new_window=”off” quote_icon=”on” use_background_color=”on” background_color=”#f5f5f5″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”] I think of it as a son, because it\u2019s something we make with our own hands. Even if there\u2019s a card that moves its threads, in the end we\u2019re the ones who create it and get the final result. [\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.51″] These were Silvia\u2019s words, but in the video you\u2019ll hear the stories of Mariella, Chiara, Carlotta, Gloria and Ilaria, too – the transcripts are at the end of the post. And you\u2019ll see what\u2019s inside our fabric mill, of course, and how these weavers:<\/p>\n