A patrician residence at San Stae, this houses valuable 18th-century furnishings and paintings. It is also home to a Study Centre for the History of Textiles and Costumes, whose rich and well-organised collections were put together from a variety of sources. The displays comprise a selection of rare textiles and costumes of particular importance, whilst the bulk of the impressive textile collection is available to scholars. The Museum has an important library specialising in this sector.
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It is home to the Museum of Palazzo Mocenigo - Center for the Study of the History of Textile, Costume and Perfume.
Address: Santa Croce 1992, 30135 Venice
Opening Hours: From Friday to sunday, from 11:00 to 17:00
Description
Patrician residence in San Stae, housing valuable eighteenth-century furnishing and paintings. The palazzo is the home of the Centro Studi di Storia del Tessuto e del Costume (Centre for the Study of the History of Textiles and Clothing), and holds rich, complex collections coming from diverse sources. Among them, the museum displays a selection of rare pieces – fabrics and outfits, including original, sumptuous eighteenth-century dresses – of special importance. The dresses and accessories on display, which are for the most part of Venetian origin, were made with textured fabrics and often embellished with embroidery and lace, standing as excellent testimony to the skills of the large group of artisans (weavers, tailors, lace-makers, embroiderers, etc.) who contributed to creating the refined and luxurious elegance for which the Venetians were famed at the time. The corpus of the collection is kept in the grand tessilteca. The museum also houses a notable specialist library for scholarly use.
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