Museo del tessuto e della tappezzeria Vittorio Zironi

About the museum

The collection was started in 1946 by master upholsterer Vittorio Zironi. After some twenty years of research, it was first shown to the public in Palazzo Salina Brazzetti in via Barberia, opened in 1966. Since 1990 the museum has been housed in the neoclassical Villa Spada, in via di Casaglia. The collection is now owned by the City of Bologna and managed by the Musei Civici d’Arte Antica.

The collections include Italian and French fabrics from the 16th to the 19th century, lace, embroidery, sacred vestments, costumes, banners, passementerie, looms and upholstery tools. The oldest core consists of fragments of Coptic textiles. The tools include a large 18th-century Lombard loom, converted to the Jacquard system in 1801, and a rare ribbon loom from 1370.

The museum also has a specialised library with a study centre, an archive and a restoration workshop. It holds the banners of the old Bolognese guilds and the historical archive of Aemilia Ars.

Highlights

• Coptic textiles from the 4th to the 12th century
• 18th-century Lombard loom converted to the Jacquard system
• Ribbon loom from 1370
• Banners of the old Bolognese guilds
• Historical archive of Aemilia Ars

Permanent exhibition

• Collezione di tessuti e tappezzeria Vittorio Zironi – Textiles, passementerie, looms and upholstery tools, including Coptic and Oriental fabrics, in the rooms of Villa Spada.

Founded

1966

Operated by

Comune di Bologna – Musei Civici d'Arte Antica

Visitors per year

approx. 3,871

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