Since 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.
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
MétaphoresMétaphores 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.NEW YORK, NY
FortunyFortuny has been hand-printing luminous luxury textiles in its Giudecca factory since 1921, using original machinery and closely guarded methods developed by artist and inventor Mariano Fortuny. The independent, family-owned house remains the last operating factory in Venice, where generations of artisans carry the work forward for interiors and bespoke design. Its fabrics also appear in handmade accessories and home pieces, each bearing the irregular signature of its maker.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