Venice Fortuny Palace , Venice

What a lovely ending to a 3 day trip to Venice. Away from the teaming hoards. I had no idea that Fortuny was skilled in so many facets of visual art. I went to the museum looking for his finely pleated Delphos Gowns and found so much more. The eclectic mix of textiles, fine art and experimental models was full of surprises I would recommend a visit to the Palazzo Pesaro degli Orfei to anyone. It was so peaceful and such a beautiful old building with lovely views from all the windows. It was a pleasure to view an exhibition with so few people about. There were no handouts to take away as a souvenir of the visit but an excellent bookshop on the 4th piano (that was a new one on me, I know very little Italian) had a great little book in the Skira Mini Art Books series that is a lovely reminder of my visit.