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City of honour 2023
A look back at the history of silk in Lyon.
Learn more about the history of silk in Lyon, thanks to a tour created by the Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs de Lyon team in collaboration with the Musée d’Histoire de Lyon, the Maison des Canuts, the Musée des Soieries Brochier, Soierie Vivante and UNITEX, the textile trade organisation in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes.
In 11 widely illustrated and chronological sequences, revise or discover the history of silk and its place in Lyon:
– China, the cradle of silk
– The beginnings of the Silk Road
– The blossoming of silk in the Mediterranean basin
– The birth of the Grande Fabrique
– Lyon, capital of silk
– 19th century, a new impetus
– The time of the Universal Exhibitions
– A century of innovation
– The artistic revival
– From silk to synthetic fibres
– And today
See you from 16 to 19 November 2023 at the Palais de la Bourse in Lyon!