La Promenade en Bois

Alberto Fabio-Lorenzi designed this woven silk furnishing fabric for Bianchini-Férier about 1931. Lorenzi was also a graphic artist known for his fashion plates. Here he depicts fashionably dressed women surrounded by flowers. The silk manufacturers Bianchini-Férier were known for their innovative and lively fabrics in bright colours. Lyon was famous for its silk industry, which had flourished since the 1500s. It was a major producer of luxury goods for a worldwide market. This was an era when the French government actively promoted this sector, since they sought to establish French design as the foremost in Europe. In 1909 Charles Bianchini, one of the partners in the firm, had visited Vien

Furnishing fabric · France · 1920s. Woven silk and mercerised cotton. By Dufy, Raoul. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.