Founded in New York in 2014 by textile-industry veteran Claudio Chicco, Atelier Moderne Textiles creates bespoke fabrics for high-end interiors, pairing traditional craftsmanship with modern weaving technology. Now based in New York and Mougins, France, the atelier is particularly distinctive for reviving historic techniques—including Jacquard and silk velvet weaving—and for reproducing antique textiles to meet the needs of leading interior designers, architects and decorators worldwide. Its custom commissions have included historic damask and brocatello reproductions for projects associated with Peter Marino and Dior.
Prelle et Cie S.A.SSince 1752, Lyon-based Manufacture Prelle has woven furnishing fabrics, carrying the city’s silk tradition through nine generations of family ownership. The company preserves rare hand-loom techniques alongside newer looms, enabling it to recreate historic textiles and develop bespoke fabrics for distinctive interiors. Prelle continues to create and produce exclusively in France, with work ranging from private residences to heritage institutions such as New York’s Frick Collection.NEW YORK, NY
Chapas Textiles, IncFrom its Brooklyn studio, Chapas Textiles creates bespoke hand-woven fabrics for the interiors trade, tailoring each pattern, color and yardage to a specific project. Founded by hand weaver Tara Chapas in 2008, the studio draws on a family weaving tradition from Evoia, Greece, while its fabrics are made in the United States by trained American artisans. Its project-by-project collaboration connects interior designers directly with textile artisans, and a portion of profits supports small-business loans for artisans around the world.BROOKLYN, NY
FRET FabricsFounded in 2010 by artist and woven technical designer Julie Kaminska, Fret Fabrics is a Long Island luxury design house creating fabrics for professional interiors and restoring historic textiles, wallpapers, and trims. Kaminska’s background at the Scalamandré mill informs the studio’s unusual ability to recreate period materials from archival fragments or even black-and-white photographs. Its preservation work includes collaborations with Sunnylands, the Mark Twain House, and the White House.GLEN HEAD, NY
Gretchen Bellinger IncFounded on Gretchen Bellinger’s landmark 1976 collection, Gretchen Bellinger Inc. creates distinctive woven fabrics for interiors, from classic weaves to highly detailed embroidered designs. Based in Albany, New York, the company’s nearly five decades of textile design include fabrics held in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts.ALBANY, NY