Inspired by Chinese silk and driven by insatiable market 📈demand, Europeans had by the 1500s begun building their own weaving machines. In a darkened workshop off the busy main canals of Venice, the Bevilacqua family still draws on the techniques of the past including the designs of Leonaxrdo da Vinci to weave beautiful silk fabrics for the luxury market. ⁣ ⁣ #tracesofchina #cgtneurope #silk #venice #tessituraluigibevilacqua⁣ ⁣ bevilacquarodolfo