Exhibition

Gli argenti del Duca. Oggetti preziosi dalle collezioni di Villa Carlotta

6 April – 31 August 2025

The exhibition displays a selection of silver and metal furnishings from the Villa Carlotta collections, a rich array of examples of English, German and French silversmith production between the 19th and 20th centuries. These objects belonged to the Dukes of Sachsen-Meiningen, the last owners of the villa, and bear witness to the luxury and refinement of the receptions and formal lunches that the family used to give on the lake.

Restorations and recent cataloguing campaigns have made it possible to delve deeper into the provenance and manufacturing techniques of these artefacts, which leave the museum's storage areas to be shown and described to the public.