provencal tradition : les olivades

Room with Les Olivades fabrics : typically XVIII th century provencal spirit

Let me introduce you to a provencal factory which I love to work : Les olivades

As always it is an old family factory. Les olivades is the only left factory to keep on in Provence the tradition of prints on toiles, tradition which have begun in Marseilles in 1648 .

You can visit their factory in Saint Etienne du Grès , it is fantastic . I can even be your guide.

The provencal prints on toile have a long historical story . Nowadays these provencal prints were fist coming from India

 

Toile de jouy from Les olivades , with a typically provencal color

Les olivades have made the choice to keep on produce their fabrics in France ,and they are very competitive . Indeed , their fabrics are very high quality , nevertheless they are very affordable..

 

the same toile de jouy in another color

 

different colors of toile de Jouy from Les Olivades

flowered fabric for a bed cover

 

love this exotic toile from Les olivades

Les olivades is tradition , provence but is also modernity and new provencal...

All there fabrics are available in our show room in Aubagne , Provence so don't hesitate to contact us

Follow our post about Les olivades : next post : the other side of the historic provencal factory

Photo credit : les olivades website