The World of Interiors

Left: discovered by Victoria beneath several coats of varnish the
frescoes in this bedroom are attributed to Giuseppe Borsato
who also decorated La Fenice opera house and Napoleon’s suite in
what is now the Correr Museum. Top: the reading area is close
to windows overlooking the rio (side canal) and the garden – from
here one can listen to the banter of the gondolieri below. None
of the fireplaces is in operation since the flues were all filled with
concrete in the 1960s to give the building structural support.
Above: a detail shows Borsato’s delicate approach to painting trees