Bianchini-Férier

Silk factory established in Lyon in 1888 by the Italian Carlo Bianchini, in partnership with Franµois Aruier and Franµois Férier. It was famous for its crêpe de chine georgette, heavily used by tailors of haute couture, and for hiring artists such as Sonia Delaunay and Raoul Dufy to design their fabrics. Within ten years of its founding, the firm was already a big name. It had offices in Paris and was about to arrive in London. In 1909 it opened an office in New York and, in 1922, one in Montreal. Today, it has an archive with 40,000 original sketches.
“Christmas Exhibition” at Abbott & Holder in London. On sale, together with 600 drawings and watercolors, from the Pre-Raphaelite Sir Joseph Noel Paton to the Shakespearian illustrator John Masey-Wright, were the Art Deco textile sketches of the firm. The company is placed under receivership. By the end of the year a liquidation plan was ready.
Damask silks created for Bianchini-Férier by Dufy have a prominent place in an exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London dedicated to Art Deco and its various expressions.