Weaving in France Silk Trade of Lyon. The birth of the silk factory François 1er XV th - Louis XI chooses Lyon to create a silk factory 1536 - official.
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The birth of the silk factory
François 1er
XVth - Louis XI chooses Lyon to create a silk factory
1536 - official birth of the Lyon silk era with François 1er
Until C19th a large community of weavers
called CANUTS in the CROIX ROUSSE area
WORKSHOPS in their own flats
Hard working conditions – 18 hours a day for example
1805 The JACQUARD loom
A mechanical loom with punched card
Weaving more complex patterns
Peak period of the Lyon silk industry
1831 The revolt of the “Canuts”
Hard work conditions deteriorate.
Silk workers think that the Jacquard loom is one of their difficulties.
After The revolts
The silk manufacturers want to produce far from the city.
Boarding house mill - in Saint Siméon de Bressieux between Lyon and Grenoble
Girls came here from countryside to work :Boarding in the place of workMore practical and convenient
Little by little, the Croix Rousse family workshops disappeared…
But today we can still eat brains of Canuts…
Cheese with chopped chives
Traditional food
In the middle of the 20th century, a sweet was created
in memory of the Canuts
What does the shape of this sweet remind you of?
Nowadays This expertise continues today in mastering new materials
Composite textiles : Glass cloth
for printed circuit boardfor building trade
Weaving techniques in Isère, France
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