iPalazzo Mocenigo – Museum of Textiles and CostumeSanta Croce
Silk panels by Lucio Andrich (1927-2003), pieced from Missoni and Como fabric offcuts and hand-stitched by Burano embroiderer Maria Tagliapietra: Dolomite legends to lagoon fauna.
Some of this silk started life as Missoni offcuts. Lucio Andrich, a painter and graphic artist from the Agordino in the Dolomites who settled on Torcello in the 1970s, collected scraps from the fashion house and sample swatches from Como, then chose the colours, shapes and stitches. The cutting, layering and hand-embroidery he left to Maria Tagliapietra, an embroiderer from Burano. Artist on Torcello, needle on Burano: the whole studio sat at either end of the line 9 boat.
After the palazzo's 18th-century gowns, you reach textiles made as pictures. The panels run from abstract geometric compositions to Dolomite legends and the animals and characters of the Venetian lagoon. A few works in other materials are included too, and three silks recently donated to the city are shown here for the first time.
The show is in the museum's Project Room and included in the €15 museum ticket (€7.50 reduced). The MUVE app has an audioguide. From 1 November the palazzo closes at 17:00.
Silk panels by Lucio Andrich, pieced from Missoni and Como fabric offcuts and hand-stitched by Burano embroiderer Maria Tagliapietra, with subjects from Dolomite legends to lagoon fauna. Italy's most upmarket scrap bag.