Archive Code
3372
Fabric Name/Historical Name
Giardinetto velvet
Fine design in 800 soprarizzo
Data
ante 1935
Type
Soprarizzo
Together with the “Rinascimento” velvet, the “Giardinetto” was used in the 1930s to furnish the hall of the transatlantic liner “Conte di Savoia”. In 1939 the Household of Her Majesty the Queen Empress (presumably Elena of Montenegro, wife of Vittorio Emanuele III of Savoy) ordered 29 meters. [Source: Historical Archive section 1905-1945, correspondence, letter 4163]
Archive Code
-
Type
Photograph
Name
Photo of the “Giardinetto” soprarizzo velvet
Date
s.d.
Archive Code
-
Type
Bundle
Name
BUndle with thread and velvet samples for the “Giardinetto” soprarizzo design 3372
Date
s.d.