Casa del gremi de velers, Baroque guild headquarters in Sant Pere Santa Caterina i la Ribera, Spain

Casa del Gremi de Velers is a sober baroque building constructed between 1758 and 1763 by Joan Garrido i Bertran. Its exterior walls are covered with sgraffito, a technique of scratching through plaster layers, not carved sculpture. The sgraffito depicts caryatids and columns supporting figured entablatures on the main and second floors, and putti with rocaille and garlands on the upper floor. A niche at the corner holds a Virgin Mary by Joan Enrich.

Silk weavers received their first official regulations from King Charles V in 1533 and initially met in Santa Anna Church. The building we see today was constructed in 1758 and later became home to the College of Major Art of Silk.

The silk weavers' brotherhood, devoted to Our Lady of the Angels, moved here in 1763 after meeting at Santa Anna and Santa Caterina. Since 1834 the building has housed the College of Major Art of Silk, which keeps a 1683 painted archive cabinet, the 1533 ordinances of Charles V and a measuring rod from 1604.

The building sits at Via Laietana 50 in the historic district and connects Sant Pere Més Alt street with Plaça Lluís Millet. Walking through this area, you can explore the medieval lanes and appreciate the architecture from street level.

The interior preserves the archive cabinet of the master silk-weavers' guild, painted in 1683, along with parchment documents including the charter granted by Charles V and a measuring rod dated 1604. These objects survive in the great meeting room on the first floor, one of the few former guild headquarters left in Barcelona.