On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 2:00 PM, <h-costume-requ...@indra.com> wrote:
> Send h-costume mailing list submissions to > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:47:02 -0400 > From: Katy Bishop <katybisho...@gmail.com> > To: h-costume <h-costume@mail.indra.com> > Subject: [h-cost] friend going to Italy > Message-ID: > < > cafa41oep2jkc6hj6pwgeuf5tydmqo5hur1gzylxdyfxc3-g...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I have a friend who is travelling to Italy next month, to Florence, > Balzano, Rome and Genoa, with a very brief visit to Venice and Naples too. > > Doas anyone have any suggestions of museums or shopping for > costume/textile/lace related things not to miss? > > I'm working on my wish list of what she should look for for me--living > vicariously through my friend's travel... > > Katy > > In addition to what others have said, in Florence check out the Pitti Palace - they have the Medici burial garments, and others: http://www.sbas.fi.it/english/musei/costume/default.asp http://archiviomedici.costume-textiles.com Not a museum, but Alice's Masks do beautiful, beautiful work: http://www.alicemasks.com/home.htm The Stibbert Museum also has a selection of costumes, including some of Napoleon's coronation garments: http://museostibbert.it/en/page/costumes Have fun, and I envy you the opportunity to go to Venice as well! Museo Fortuny all the way! Allison T. Also, for shopping (which includes a lot of art, fabric, and jewelry stores, in part catering to the conservation efforts of local museums), get this book: http://www.amazon.com/Civilized-Shoppers-Guide-Florence/dp/1892145472 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
