Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua is a family textile business whose roots date back to the Renaissance. The business was officially founded in 1875 and named after its founder whose textiles adorn the walls of ancient castles and aristocratic homes. It is the last remaining weaving mill still active in the historical heart of the city. They are famous for their soprarizzo velvet, a traditional Venetian fabric with two different types of pile – curly and cut. They also weave damasks, brocades, silks, satins and tapestries using time-honoured weaving techniques.

Tessitura Bevilacqua has both a mechanical and a manual production. The latter is still located in Venice, in the Santa Croce district. The manufacture of these specialist textiles is extremely slow, since each loom can produce only a few tens of centimetres a day. But the delight of producing something unique, whose secret only few people in the world know, is worth all the effort.