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A wooden weaving shuttle with a golden bobbin rests on folded olive velvet.

Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua

A Venetian weaving house where handwoven velvet, historic looms and a separate mechanical line shape the company’s textile story.

A Venetian weaving house

Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua’s story is rooted in Venetian textile making. Rodolfo Bevilacqua is president and head of production; Alberto Bevilacqua oversees marketing as CEO of the family-led company.1,2

Two production paths

The house distinguishes handwoven velvet on 18th-century looms from a mechanical line it says was introduced in the 1930s. Keeping the two paths in view helps explain how a historic loom tradition can sit alongside an evolving textile business.3,4,5,6

A velvet built in two levels

Soprarizzo gives the weave a recognizable structure: a higher, smooth pile beside a lower, curled one. The company says it makes this velvet on original 18th-century looms, tying a particular textile to a specific part of its production story.3,4,5,6

Sources and citations (7)
  1. History
  2. Storia della Tessitura Bevilacqua e delle sue produzioni più prestigiose
  3. Production
  4. Produzione
  5. Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua: luxury furnishing fabrics production in Venice
  6. Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua: produzione di tessuti pregiati a Venezia
  7. Il nuovo showroom Bevilacqua a Venezia

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