Museum Collection
Most of the material comes from both factories and single donations keeping the history of the area alive.

What can be found at the Museum?
The heritage is made up of thousands of items partly on display:
- Historical textile devices and machinery of particular interest
- Archives of drawings, design paper, colour cards, samples and printing devices (photos 1, 2, 3, 4)
- Collections and objects (i.e. clothing accessories)
- Handmade textile articles, civil and religious silk collections, 20th century clothes, laces and embroideries (photo 5)
- Books and documents
- Weaving exercise books (photo 6)
- Collection of business and private letters
- Printings and lithographs (photo 7)
- Photographs (photo 8)
- Films

Many donations continue to enrich the Museum collection.

Consultation of the heritage not on display
On request, students and researchers can consult our material for degree thesis, specialized articles and studies.

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PHOTO NO.1: Technical drawing for “Omita SB silk loom” (Como-Albate).
Year: 1947. Free loan: Giorgio Giamminola.

PHOTO NO.2: Design paper with fabric sample made by “Ditta Stromilli” (Como).
Origin: “Ditta Rosasco” (Como).

PHOTO NO. 3: Colour cards from “Tessiture Seriche Bernasconi” (Cernobbio).
Origin: “Tintoria Pessina” (Como). Donation: Eredi Pessina (Como).

PHOTO NO.4: Reference book from “La Serica”. Year: 1932.

PHOTO NO. 5: 22-colour patterned fabric from a Fasmi Biedermeier drawing (first half of the 19th Century). Origin: “Seterie Bianchi” (Capiago Intimiano).

PHOTO NO.6: One of Gioacchino Lissoni’s weaving exercise books.
Year: 1856-1858. Donation: Vittorio Zambarbieri.

PHOTO NO.7: “Tintoria Comense” advertising. Year: 1927.

PHOTO NO.8: Overall view of “Casnati” factory (Fenegrò). Year: 1910