Discovery of the Aubusson tapestries production site

Name: Discovery of the Aubusson tapestries production site
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Manufacture de tapisserie Braquenié

Push the doors of the former Manufacture Braquenié, place of production of tapestries of Aubusson and carpets of soap factory for nearly 100 years....

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance.

©mairie d'Aubusson

Open the doors of the former Manufacture Braquenié, a place where Aubusson tapestries and soap carpets were produced for nearly 100 years.
Archives and visit of the places will allow you to rediscover the activity of this company having worked especially for the Emperor Napoleon III and a clientele from all over Europe.
Discover the work of straighteners, velvety women and dry cleaners, exchange with them for a truly interactive visit. Visiting this place is like taking a trip through time!

About the location

Manufacture de tapisserie Braquenié

Avenue de la République, 23200 Aubusson

Creuse
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The building of the weaving workshops of the manufacture, in whole, and the looms of high smooth preserved on the ground floor in the workshops of manufacture of the carpets known as of La Savonnerie, the smooth bass looms and spool rack in the first floor workshop, spool racks and racks containing the woollen skeins from the woollen store on the second floor (Cad. AH 359), have all been classified as Historic Monuments since 2013.