Bolbec October 2022 Atelier Musee Du Textile Visite Nuit Du Tourisme Estuaire Seine Industrie Eric Sanson
Bolbec October 2022 Atelier Musee Du Textile Guided Tour Animation Savoir Faire Industriel Eric SansonA little-known trade, in a place that still often goes unnoticed. And yet, in the 19th century, at the height of the textile industry boom, Bolbec was the “Capital of the Golden Valley”. So let’s open the door of this former factory and retrace the flourishing past of this activity.
Without further ado, we meet these passionate volunteers, formerly salaried employees in the trade, who are bringing us back to life the entire textile chain, with these old machines conjured up from the past in front of us.
Through the aisles, they have recreated the entire production chain: first, we’ll be told the story of the transformation of cotton, where the material taken out of the bale becomes voile, ribbon, roving and then thread. Then we’ll move on to the stages of the loom. Finally, we’ll discover an area devoted to the printed fabrics known as “indiennes”, which were the source of Bolbec’s development and wealth.
On the way out, we can even treat ourselves by taking away a handmade textile creation: the famous Bolbec handkerchief, towels, tablecloths etc… and the Vichy fabric made famous by Brigitte Bardot.
