Its major clients include The Institute of The Art, Culture and Nature of Emilia-Romagna, the Department responsible ("Superintendency") for Historical, Artistic and Ethno-Anthropological Heritage, Civic Museums, Diocesan Museums and Museums of Costume and Renaissance in Emilia-Romagna and Northern Italy as well as several private collectors in Italy and abroad.

 

Through its work with private collectors, the R.T. laboratory has acquired a specific expertise in the restoration of archaeological textiles, of the Middle-Ages Islamic clothing of Central Asia and Ottoman velvet panels.

Textiles restored by our laboratory are exhibited in the following Museums and private collections: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York , USA Rubin Museum of Art . New York, USA Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Los Angeles, USA. Private collections : U.S.A., Europe, Russia, Japan, China, Taiwan.

 

R.T. Restauro Tessile has worked for some months at the tapestry restoration laboratory of the Quirinal Palace (the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic) and has also participated in canonical research and discovery, working on the preservation of revered ecclesiastical textiles discovered in sacred burial sites.

The laboratory has attended several Study conferences and Cultural weeks promoted by the "Superintendencies"; moreover, it participates in the CEI inventory of the Reggio Emilia Diocese for the cataloguing of ecclesiastical goods.