Prelle Manufacture, silk fabrics since 1752
Prelle Manufacture in France
- Mill and Headquarter
- 7 rue Barodet – 69004 Lyon
- Tel : (33)472.10.11.40
- Show-Room
- 5 Place des Victoires – 75001 Paris
- Tel : (33)142.36.67.21
Prelle Manufacture in the United States
- Show-Room
- 200 Lexington Avenue, Suite 407
– New York 10016 - Tel : (1) 212.683.2081
Prelle Manufacture on the Internet
- Email adress : info@prelle.com
- To contact us : contact
Velours ciselé polychrome for Biltmore Estate, North Carolina
June 12, 2008, Newport, RI
The Preservation Society of Newport County recently presented the "Lauren Award for Artisanship" to Prelle et Cie, Guillaume Verzier, in recognition of Prelle's role in supplying much of Newport's rich textile heritage, and in gratitude to the Verzier family for their preservation of this savoir faire.
The award was presented by Chairman Pierre DuPont Irving, and Vice President Paul L Szápáry at Rosecliff, one of 11 residencies restored by the Preservation Society of Newport County.
The prize dedicates works of "retissage" since 1988 by Prelle Manufacture for different Mansions, and in particular to the re-weaving on handlooms of the sumptuous chiseled velvet for the Ballroom of Marble House.
Garden Heaven : Irelands Premier Gardening Magazine - November/December 2008
Bill O'Sullivan goes behind the scenes in Marie Antoinette's Versailles bedroom to unveil the somptual floral fabrics and how they are made.
... Another strength of the Prelle factory is the fact that they have retained many of their old looms alongside their most modern computerised equivalents......
Until January 10th 2009, Paris
featuring at the Paris show-room: Joséphine or the passion for flowers and fine textiles. (In partnership with the Museum of Textiles in Lyon.)
Joséphine reigned over style and taste. This exhibit includes several sumptuous, woven, embroidered and sequin encrusted dress borders. Also on display are a number of exceptional wall-hangings and borders that demonstrate Joséphine's passion for flowers and botany.
Autumn Hues
Our own Catherine Torgue wove this broché on black satin in 2007 for the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France competition. Catherine has been working on Prelle's hand-looms for the past 23 years. For the competition she selected a composition that was originally designed by Aimé Prelle taken from a tempera by François Vernay in 1889. It took as many as fifteen different hues to weave the fruit motif.