Venice and the magnificent palazzi on the Grand Canal constructed in varying styles at different periods of the city’s history are the inspiration for this collection of opulent printed and woven velvets. It is also evocative of different periods of art history associated with Venice from the early Renaissance to the Peggy Guggenheim collection. Osborne & Little’s wide-width satin MEDICI provides the perfect elegant plain complement to these patterned fabrics.e.