Silk and Velvet

These plissé dresses, become now legendary, are exposed together with
capes, cloaks, costumes and accessories, coming from American private
collections. This is how they come back to the laboratory where they
were made and confectioned – wrapped in soft “papier-soie” and put into
elegant boxes.

Today, thanks to Keith H. Mc Coy and the Raid Family’s generosity, it is
possible to admire these fine manufactures, resulted from the genius of
Mariano Fortuny and his wife Henriette Nigrin, and exposed at the first
floor of the Fortuny Palace.

Informations

Opening Dates: from 4th September 2010 to 9th January 2011
Address: Museo Fortuny - San Marco 3758, Campo San Beneto, Venezia
E-mail: info@fmcvenezia.it
Web Sit
e: www.museiciviciveneziani.it