Métaphores creates and edits distinctive woven fabrics for interior design, pairing contemporary textile creativity with the centenarian silk-weaving heritage of Verel de Belval and the hand-woven horsehair craft of Le Crin. Belonging to Hermès’ textile division, the French house develops its collections through a careful interplay of material, history and gesture, with Le Crin preserving a technique descended from a patent filed in 1787. Its Bussières workshop operates 35 modular Dornier looms, while the Challes atelier remains the world’s only workshop weaving horsehair by hand.
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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
Atelier Moderne TextilesFounded 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.New York, NY
Be Inthavong, LLCFor more than a century, Be Inthavong’s family has preserved the Lao tradition of silk weaving, a heritage the Vientiane-born designer now reinterprets through his own textile company. After apprenticing on his family’s looms in Laos, Inthavong developed a rare process that handlooms micro-strips of leather into silk, creating fabrics for fashion and interior applications. The company received the 2013 International Product Design Awards’ best textile honor in London.NEW YORK CITY, 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