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At Venetian Masks Shop, we offer a wide range of superior Venetian Carnival Masks and Masquerade Masks, to wear and suit your individual requirements. With our many years of experience and extensive network of resources, we are able to sell our authentic Venetian masks at sensible prices. Our Venetian maskmakers (Italian: mascareri) are all based in Venice and provide us with the highest quality handmade Venetian masks. Many of which follow a long history of excellence and skilled craftsmanship that has been passed on from generation to generation.


Volto, Tom Cruise	Volto Eyes Wide Shut	Colombina Piume	Colombina Classic

Colombina Farfalla	Colombina Romeo	Phantom of the Opera	Colombina Multicolour


Colombina "Swarovski"	Piange Blank	Colombina Musica	Zanni "Swarovski"

Colombina Macrame	Colombina Harlequin	Pulcinella "Swarovski"	Colombina Baroque


Nasone	Bauta Baroque	Colombina Stucco	Half-Face Leather

Our Venetian carnival masks come directly from the most skilled and experienced masks makers (mascareri) of Venice and are all handmade from papier-mâché. The quality of our papier-mâché masks, leather masks, traditional masks, feather masks, luxury masks, metal masks, decorative masks, blank masks, half face and handheld masks are superb and each Venetian mask is individually finished to the highest standard. The colors and designs follow patterns that are derived from Venetian carnival (carnevale) masks and classical costume disguise, which can be traced as far back as the 13th century. The origins of many of the theatre masks used by the performing characters can be traced back directly to a 16th century form of improvisational theatre known as the Commedia d’arte. These masked characters include the Harlequin (Arlecchino), Puccinella, Nasone, La Bauta and many more. Visitors who are interested in the history of carnevale, venetian style masks and Italian masks may also wish to visit our history page for a more detailed description of the subject.

From our galleries, you are able to make secure payments and purchase authentic Venetian masks and/or classic costumes which reflects your individual personality, changes it or even conceals it. Instructions that detail the use of our international online shopping cart, secure payments and Paypal can be found from the link below on the shopping instructions area. We have designed our website to be user-friendly and easy to use in the hope that it will be a pleasurable experience. We hope that you will enjoy choosing your Venetian masks and that they will invoke an atmosphere of Venetian Carnival that brings you joy and satisfaction.

Each of our Venetian masks are individually designed to be worn as a face mask for all types of fancy dress occasion or used ornamentally to decorate an interior space. After all, Masquerades, Mardi Gras, Carnival and Venice Masked Balls were originally events that were designed to allow the identity of the person to be hidden so that they could interact with other people while incognito, “Man is least himself when he talks in his person, give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth….”, (Oscar Wilde).