Silk Treasures
collections
Exhibitions
At the Museum of Fabrics the textile masterpieces of the Falletti donation
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Museum of Fabrics, the Museum is hosting an exhibition of European textiles from the 15th to the 18th century and celebrating Giovanni Falletti's extraordinary donation of more than 2,000 objects including textiles, prints, books, accessories, ritual masks and historic weapons.
Set up in the hall dedicated to historic textiles, until December 21, the exhibition “Treasures of Silk. Textile Masterpieces from the Falletti Donation” showcases ancient textiles and embroideries and is the first realized with works from the donation.
It is a chronological journey through four centuries of great textile manufacture and crosses styles, productions, materials and subjects, exceptional witnesses of European production from the 15th century to the end of the 18th century.
