Starting our day at 9 am was very nice. We began with a tour of Rubelli fabrics. At Rubelli we saw a collection a antique fabrics, some dating back to the 1400s. Rubelli fabrics are used most often in the grand castles in Europe. The fabrics are beautiful with fantastic patterns anc colors. The Rubelli showroom in housed in an old Venetian Palace that sits on the main canal. The palace itself was wonderful to see too.
Fortuny, anther artisan fabric company was our next stop after lunch. I was not familiar with what distinguished a Fortuny fabrics, but now I can identify and appreciate the skill and beauty of these textiles. At Fortuny they never create new patterns, rather they rotate though their large archive of patterns that were created by the founder. The fabrics themselves are dyed with a secret process that leaves the color with a somewhat marbled appearance and then the fabrics have a design printed on them. The fabrics truly are exquisite!
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