Soierie Lyonnaise

Heritage

Soierie Lyonnaise

Silk Tour

If you truely want to understand Lyon today, there is no other way but to focus on the 300 years of golden age of the silk trade.

Today’s local economy, its major business sectors, its architectural features, its reputation : nearly everything in Lyon now is a result of the silk powerhouse.

Along with our partners, associations taking care of “canut” (silk worker) heritage and one of the last firm still producing Made in Lyon silk fabrics, this tour follows the steps of the weavers in traboules and workshops for original discoveries between technique, chemistry, fashion, zoology, botany, medicine and mechanics.

From Croix-Rousse to Vieux-Lyon, this tour includes several private presentations :

Weaving demonstration on an authentic Jacquard loom
Way down Croix-Rousse hill through the traboules used by local silk weavers
Presentation of Lyonnais silkscreen printing and inkjet printing
Demonstration of handpainted silk and rayon velvet
Presentation of silkworm farming (from May to Nov. following season of mulberry tree)