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 Manufacture of tapestry Braised in Aubusson dans la Creuse

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine industriel
Manufacture
Manufacture de tapisserie
Creuse

Manufacture of tapestry Braised in Aubusson

    8 Avenue de la République
    23200 Aubusson
Ownership of the municipality
Museums of France
The classified industrial heritage of France Manufacture
Manufacture de tapisserie Braquenié à Aubusson
Manufacture de tapisserie Braquenié à Aubusson
Manufacture de tapisserie Braquenié à Aubusson
Manufacture de tapisserie Braquenié à Aubusson
Manufacture de tapisserie Braquenié à Aubusson
Manufacture de tapisserie Braquenié à Aubusson
Crédit photo : Père Igor - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1842
Manufacturing Foundation
1858
Retaken by the Braquenié brothers
1860-1862
Construction of buildings
1926
Workshop fire
1992
Final closure
12 février 2013
Registration for Historic Monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The factory's weaving workshop building, in its entirety, and the high-smooth weaving looms kept on the ground floor in the manufacturing workshops of the so-called La Savonnerie carpets, the smooth bass weaving looms and the spool display kept in the workshop on the first floor, the spool displays and lockers containing the wool skeins of the wool shop located on the second floor (see AH 359): inscription by order of 12 February 2013

Key figures

Alexandre Braquenié - Industrial and co-founder Founded the factory in 1842 with Demy-Doineau.
Henri-Charles Braquenié - Industrial and associate Back to business with his brother in 1858.
Famille Demy-Doineau - Initial co-founders Associated with Alexandre Braquenié in 1842.

Origin and history

The Braquenié tapestry factory, located in Aubusson, Creuse, was founded in 1842 by the association of the Demy-Doineau family and the Belgian industrialist Alexandre Braquenié, originally from Tournai. The company, originally named Demy-Doineau and Braquenié, was taken over in 1858 by Alexandre and his brother Henri-Charles Braquenié. The current buildings were built between 1860 and 1862 on land acquired by the brothers, marking the beginning of a well-known textile production.

In 1926, a fire ravaged the weaving shops located at the back of the courtyard, leaving only the ground floor intact. The reconstruction that follows partially alters the original architecture: the upper floors, once made of stone under a roof with a broken slope, are rebuilt in brick. The 1929 crisis, followed by the Second World War, made activity fragile. Despite these tests, the manufacture maintains remarkable interior features, such as smooth high and low looms, as well as spool displays.

Activity ceased permanently in 1992. The buildings, bought by the municipality of Aubusson, are partially demolished to accommodate an Childhood Pole. Today, the site consists of four buildings organized around a central courtyard, including two administrative houses on street front and the weaving workshop in the backyard. The latter, which has been listed as a historical monument since 12 February 2013, still houses traces of its industrial past, such as La Savonnerie carpetmaking workshops on the ground floor, smooth bass workshops on the first floor, and the wool shop on the upper floor.

At the back of the workshops, the remains of the dyeing and boiler plant remain, partially in ruins. The ensemble illustrates the sober and functional architecture of 19th century factories, designed to optimize natural light in working spaces. The Braquenié manufacture thus bears witness to the golden age of the tapestry of Aubusson, a know-how inscribed in the intangible cultural heritage of humanity by UNESCO.

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