Shopping in Venice - Best Shops in Venice

Gioia was born in 1987 as a producer of costume jewelery and fashion accessories where the predominant element is the glass bead and the small beads obtained by cutting glass rods, called “conterie”. The owner, Luisa Conventi, has an ancient family tradition behind her: in the early 1950s her grandfather […]

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DAVIDE PENSO

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Davide Penso was born in 1965, in Venice, growing up and working in his studio in Murano. After his studies he decides to dedicate himself to “still life” photography for two years. In ’92, he opens his atelier and begins his journey with glass. Designing and working the material personally, he […]

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FRATELLI TOSI

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At the beginning of the twentieth century, in Murano, the Tosi family inherited the ancient art of the Venetian mirror, bringing it to its maximum fulfillment. From the hands of Romano, the modern patriarch of the family, and then of Gianfranco, the wisdom of giving soul to reflections, has reached […]

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GIULIANA LONGO CAPPELLI

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Giuliana’s tiny shop is brimming with hats: Panama hats, gondolier’s hats, hats for the carnevale, waterproof hats, woolly hats, wedding hats..Since 1980 Giuliana has imported her Panama hats directly from Ecuador. The shop is officially recognized as a historic place of the Veneto Region. Facebook Comments Box

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MOMOJIRI

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Our work is intense research striving for the extreme: unconventional ideas, ventures, working at the limits of lightness, inconsistency of materials, minimum weights, fragility that holds and strength with the least of physical material. These peculiarities are typical of Venice’s building systems, hence of its beauty and uniqueness. Working in […]

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ALBERTO SARRIA

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Since 1986, Alberto Sarria Masks has created papier-mâché masks for the theatre, Carnival parties and as decorative items for the home. Today, the atelier create also marionettes and leather masks, all crafted according to traditional Venetian artisanal techniques. Our paper-mâché masks are made one by one using the centuries-old traditional […]

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CA’ MACANA

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Ca’Macana is one of the oldest and finest mask making workshops in Venice. We are known for one main reason: our respect of tradition. However, we have been able to interpret tradition in innovative ways, creating new and unique decorative styles and shapes. We craft authentic handmade masks in the […]

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SAVERIO PASTOR

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If you are visiting Venice, you can see forcole being made at Saverio Pastor’s workshop, Le Forcole, on the Fondamenta Soranzo – a quiet canalside near the Guggenheim Collection (boat stop: La Salute). The workshop is open from 8am to 6pm (closed on Sundays and most Saturdays). The craftsmen who […]

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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

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The Merchant Of Venice represents the Art of Perfumery of Venice. It draws attention to the everlasting role of the city as an essential force in the perfumery tradition throughout the world, and it is intended to highlight the tradition that made Italy, and particularly Venice, central to the history […]

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ITACA ART STUDIO

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A wide choice of original watercolours, engravings, silkscreenings, paintings and reproductions by Monica Martin. Facebook Comments Box

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