Bianchini Férier, the renowned silk weaving house, was founded in Lyon on 23 July 1888 by Francois Atuyer, Charles Bianchini and Francois Férier. It won the silver medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889, thus embarking upon a century overflowing with amazing visual creativity and success. Indeed, most of the leading textile designers of the day worked at Bianchini Férier at one time or another.



Following its early success, Bianchini Férier opened offices in Paris in 1897, London and Brussels in 1902, and New York in 1909, thus establishing its international status. Atuyer died in 1912 and the firm changed its name to Bianchini Férier. In 1912, the dynamic businessman Bianchini gave Raoul Dufy, Paul Poiret’s brilliant textile designer, a contract to design textiles for Bianchini Férier. The contract lasted until about 1928 during which time Dufy made an incredible four thousand designs for them.



Through the 1920s and 1930s the firm prospered and continued to make furnishing fabrics and luxury silks for the great fashion houses – Worth, Madeleine, Vionnet, Callot Soeurs, Jeanne Lanvin, Paquin and Patou. After the war they expanded their production of scarves for Hermes, Jacques Fath and for others and throughout the 1960s they produced imaginative textiles for designers of the statures of Givenchy, Balenciaga, Cardin, Chanel, Dior, Feraud, Laroche, Nina Ricci and Yves Saint-Laurent.



This stunning design is an original work from the 1920s in which one can really feel the hand of the creator. Not only is it incredibly pretty but the design element is wonderfully interesting too. This harmonious and balanced pattern would have been printed onto luxurious silk fabrics and sold as scarves and dresses through one of the great fashion houses named above.