Daniela Degl’Innocenti

Curriculum

Daniela Degl’Innocenti graduated from the University of Florence with a dissertation in textile history (University of Florence, course in History of Miniature and Decorative Arts). Since 1997 she has been curator and coordinator of the technical department of the Museo del Tessuto in Prato. As the museum’s scientific director, she is responsible for the management and conservation of the collections and the curatorship of permanent and temporary exhibitions.

Among the principal exhibitions she has curated: *Tartan: the Romantic Tradition. Lo scozzese: un tessuto, un’identità culturale* (2003); *”Jeans!” Le origini il mito americano il made in Italy* (2005); *Intrecci mediterranei. Il tessuto come dizionario di rapporti economici, culturali e sociali* (2006); *Thayaht. Un artista alle origini del Made in Italy* (2007); *Lo stile dello zar. Arte e moda tra Italia e Russia dal XIV al XVIII secolo* (2009, in collaboration with the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg); *La camicia bianca secondo me. Gianfranco Ferré* (in collaboration with the Fondazione Gianfranco Ferré, 2014); *Tra Arte e Moda. Nostalgia del futuro nei tessuti d’artista del dopoguerra* (in collaboration with the Museo Salvatore Ferragamo, 2016). Most recent exhibitions: *Il capriccio e la ragione. Eleganze del Settecento europeo* (in collaboration with the Museo della Moda e del Costume and the Museo Stibbert in Florence, 2017); *Marie Antoinette. I costumi di una regina da Oscar* (2018); *Leonardo da Vinci, l’ingegno, il tessuto* (2018).