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leading up to Carnival, mask
makers are, of course, extremely
busy, but at other times of the
year many workshops welcome
visitors and are pleased to show
you their craft (see p35).

Glass
The best place to buy glass is
on the island of Murano, where
it has been made since the 13th
century (see p157). All the main
manufacturers have their
furnaces and showrooms here,
Designer clothes shop in Treviso catering to mainstream taste.
Some manufacturers also have
Fashion and Accessories
and other luxury fabrics, all showrooms in Venice itself.
In Venice, the big names in woven on 17th- century hand- On Murano, Fornace Mian
fashion are all found near San operated looms. and Barovier e Toso make glass
Marco. Armani, Gucci, Missoni to traditional designs with good
and Roberto Cavalli all have Masks and Costumes simple lines. Another option is
stylish shops just off the Piazza. Totem-il Canale, which has an
For really innovative and You can buy cheap, mass- excellent selection of both
outrageous designs visit produced masks all over the traditional and contemporary
Fiorella in Campo Santo city, but a genuine one is a designs. Venini has shops near
Stefano. The stalls at the foot good souvenir, and you will San Marco; it represents the top
of the Ponte delle Guglie be spoiled for choice. Papier end of the market and some of
on Strada Nuova sell a Maché in Castello its designs are very pleasing. For
range of good value specializes in traditional superb antique glass beads, go
leather shoes and a mask making and their to Paropamiso in Frezzeria.
wide variety of designs are absolutely
traditional Venetian stunning. Near Campo
slippers in a stunning San Polo Tragicomica Jewellery
range of colourful sells costumes and Venice’s smartest jewellers are
velours. For a genuine A typical masks, as well as Nardi, on the arcades of Piazza
gondolier’s shirt, take a Venetian mask commedia dell’arte San Marco, and Missiaglia, close
look in Emilio Ceccato. figures. You will find to Zattere in Dorsoduro. Shops
these at Leon d’Oro on the on the Rialto Bridge sell cheaper
Frezzeria too, where they also designs, and this is a good place
Fabrics and Interior make string puppets. Dorsoduro to find bracelets and chains,
Design
has several workshops; whose price is determined
Venice has long been famed L’Arlecchino di Marilisa dal by the weight of the gold.
for sumptuous brocades, fine Cason, not far from the Rialto For inexpensive, pretty Venetian
silks and figured velvets. Trois Bridge in San Polo, has a glass earrings, necklaces and
sells silks by the metre, marvellous selection of papier- bracelets try FGB in Campo
including the gossamer-fine mâché masks. In the weeks Santa Maria Zobenigo.
pleated silks invented by
Fortuny for his Delphos dresses
(see p98), and Il Canapè has
wonderful designer silks and
other fabrics in its shop near
Campo San Pantalon. The
famous house of Rubelli has
its headquarters at Palazzo
Corner Spinelli near Campo
Sant’Angelo. Here you will find
a variety of rich brocades and
velvets. Color Casa, in San Polo,
has equally lovely textiles at
slightly lower prices. Luigi
Bevilacqua, at Ponte della
Canonica, sells beautiful
brocades, velvets, damasks Wide range of fruit and vegetables for sale in the Rialto market

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