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4 unusual facts about Antonia Sautter


Antonia Sautter

She is well known for her costumes and for being the creator and organizer of Il Ballo del Doge, the costume ball held each year during the Carnival of Venice in Palazzo Pisani Moretta on the Grand Canal in Venice.

In 1994 Antonia started her annual masquerade ball, Il Ballo del Doge, initially as a showcase for her marvellous costumes.

In three boutiques situated just behind Piazza San Marco (Saint Mark's Square) in Venice, Antonia Sautter sells her fashion creations – Fashion Venetia, hand dyed and hand printed silk velvet fabrics, shoes and bags, and home furnishings all following traditional Venetian artisan methods.

While her spectacular costumes are extremely sought-after particularly during the Carnival period and her works have been used in theatrical and film productions, most notably in Jean Louis Guillermou's "Antonio Vivaldi, un Prince à Venise” (France, 2006) starring Michel Serrault and Stefano Dionisi.



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