Prato

On Tuesday, we visited Prato - to see the town and visit the Textile museum.  Prato has been a textile town for many centuries, and in the early twentieth century was the largest producer of textiles in Italy.

Barbara and Carol enjoy a cappuccino in a classy cafe in Prato!

Outside the duomo with its unusual external pulpit

Textile museum: Detail from a tablecloth - 15th century - in "overshot lozenge twill", linen and cotton

Perusing more renaissance-era samples

The actual machine used in the manufacture of the red woollen cloth used for Garibaldi's Redshirts' red shirts ...