Tassinari & Chatel

What they make

According to their website, Tassinari & Chatel is a silk-weaving manufacture based in the Lyon region whose roots trace back to 1680, when it operated as the Pernon workshop and supplied European royal courts, including that of Louis XV. Now part of the Lelièvre house (acquired in 1998) and operating within the C4 Manufactures group, the company continues to weave its fabrics in France on both mechanical looms and traditional hand looms, known as métiers à bras. Its collections combine silk lampas, cut (chiseled) velvet, and cotton satin, with many designs redeveloped from the firm's own historic textile archive: examples include the peacock-feather silk lampas "Plumes de Paon," the floral-and-acanthus cut velvet "Honoré" based on a 17th-century sketch, and the botanical-motif "Léonie" drawn from an 18th-century archive. In 2006 Tassinari & Chatel became one of the first companies to receive France's Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (Living Heritage Company) label, recognizing its long-standing craftsmanship. The company is also a member of the Comité Colbert.

• Silk lampas fabrics with historic floral and figurative motifs drawn from the firm's own archive, e.g. the peacock-feather design "Plumes de Paon"
• Cut (chiseled) velvet fabrics reworking archival 17th-century patterns, e.g. the floral/acanthus design "Honoré" on a satin ground
• Cotton satin fabrics, e.g. the "Absolu" range
• Botanical-motif textiles based on an 18th-century archive design ("Léonie")
• Weaving carried out in France (Lyon region) on both mechanical looms and traditional hand looms ("métiers à bras")
• Fabric designs redeveloped from the company's own historic textile archive dating to 1680
• Continuous silk-weaving manufacture tracing its origins to the 1680 Pernon workshop, historic supplier to European royal courts including Louis XV

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