Discover all the trades that make up the Prelle manufacture
A manufacture is more than fifteen areas of expertise in the heart of Lyon
The trades of the manufacture
From the conception of the design to the card cutting, rigging, thread handling, production organization... there are many steps before weaving to create a quality fabric.
Design Studio
Translates artistic creations into technical instructions point by point, combining textile expertise and digital mastery to materialize each pattern on the loom.
Production Planning
Orchestrates the production flow by precisely planning each stage, from dyeing to weaving, ensuring deadlines are met while maintaining our standards of excellence.
Winder
Transforms kilograms of dyed silk into meters of uniform thread, winding them onto bobbins of equal weight and quantity, an essential step in preparing the warp.
Warper
Prepares the fabric warp by precisely assembling thousands of silk threads on the warping frame, creating the vertical sheet that forms the foundation of all weaving.
Tier / Knotter
Masters the delicate art of textile knotting to install new warps on the loom and repair each broken warp thread among tens of thousands, thus preserving the integrity and perfection of the fabric.
Weaver on Power Looms
Oversees the smooth operation of weaving on state-of-the-art electronic looms, ensuring impeccable quality of every centimeter of fabric produced.
Weaver on Hand Looms
Perpetuates ancestral techniques on 19th-century Jacquard looms, uniquely capable of weaving ciselé velvets and exceptional large brocades unattainable by mechanical means.
Fabric Inspector
Meticulously examines each woven fabric, identifying and correcting imperfections invisible to the untrained eye to guarantee the excellence our clients expect.
Production Manager
Coordinates all workshops and supervises the technical execution of orders, guardian of the transmission of savoir-faire and Prelle's manufacturing quality.
Cutting
Ensures precise cutting of fabrics while respecting pattern matching, ensuring that each ordered length is perfect. Ultimate guardian of the excellence of work accomplished, from warping to weaving, before the fabric reaches its recipient.