What This Archive Covers
LinenPost is a subject-specific editorial archive covering two related textile traditions in northern Italy: the needle lace produced on the island of Burano in the Venetian lagoon, and the silk and mixed-fiber weaving conducted on historic looms in the Lake Como district of Lombardy.
The archive does not cover Italian textiles generally. It focuses on the specific crafts, techniques, historical periods, and institutional documentation efforts associated with these two traditions. Articles draw on published scholarship, museum catalogues, and archival descriptions from the relevant institutions — the Museo del Merletto in Burano, the Palazzo Mocenigo in Venice, and the Museo della Seta in Como.
Editorial Approach
Articles are written in an informational register: they describe what is documented and where, without advocacy, commercial framing, or instructional purpose. The archive is not a craft guide, a purchasing resource, or an advocacy publication. It records what the historical and archival record shows about two craft traditions and the institutions that have preserved them.
Where sources disagree or where the record is incomplete, that uncertainty is noted. The archive does not present contested reconstructions as established fact.
Sources and Authority
The primary external sources used in LinenPost articles include:
- Museo del Merletto, Burano — Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia
- Museo della Seta, Como — official archive and exhibition information
- Fondazione Andriana Marcello — institutional history of the Burano Lace School revival
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Punto in aria
- Published scholarship including Margherita Rosina's research on Como wartime fabric archives (Fondazione Antonio Ratti)
Content updated dates are shown on each article page. The archive was last reviewed in May 2026.
Contact
For corrections, research inquiries, or other correspondence:
- Email: info@linenpost.eu
- Phone: +39 02 8900 4321
- Post: Largo Augusto 7, 20122 Milano, Italy
The contact form below accepts general correspondence. Research inquiries about archival access should be directed to the individual institutions listed above — this archive does not hold original materials.
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Last updated: May 2026