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Save 10% or 15% when you order 2 or 3 or more Ulster Weavers, Emma Ball, Coucke, or Jacquard Français products. Save 10% when you order 2 or more of our Linoroom collection

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 France’s Textile Heritage from Marie Antoinette’s Silks to the looms of Armentières” 

Charvet Éditions was established around 20 years ago,
drawing on the company's longstanding technical textile expertise to create a wonderful collection of linen and canvas textiles for the kitchen, table and home.

Today, TRP Charvet is one of the remaining independent
French manufacturers continuing this tradition of linen and canvas weaving.

The Armentières site operates around 40 looms, using both
dobby and jacquard weaving techniques, and employs approximately 50 people.

What struck me during the visit was just how much happens
within this relatively compact factory.

There is the yarn waiting to be woven, the looms themselves,
equipment for checking the quality of the cloth and dedicated areas for cutting, washing and finishing. Alongside production sit the administration, warehouse and packing operations.

You really see the journey from yarn to finished textile
taking place around you.

The company operates through a closely integrated French supply chain. Flax is grown in Normandy, with spinning and yarn dyeing taking place within the wider northern French textile region before the cloth is woven and finished at Armentières.

For someone who loves textiles, watching this process is fascinating.

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About Home Landing

Home Landing is new web-site, we hope it works! As so many high street retailers have closed we have found it increasingly difficult to find the selection of practical, printed or sophisticated tea towels that we have been looking for, this inspired us to present our own collection and we hope that you like it.