Manufacture de tapisserie Hamot, puis Saint-Jean

English translation

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History

The manufactory was established in 1883 in Aubusson by Georges and René Hamot and was devoted to the manufacture and sale of carpets, tapestries, upholstery fabrics. For this purpose they acquired a group of buildings constructed in the 19th century between the departmental road to Tulle and the Creuse. New buildings were erected on the site between 1885 and 1900. Thus, to the north-east, workshops under sheds were intended for weaving and housed a silk warehouse. To the west, a dye-works, a drying room and a heating plant were built. The enterprise thrived until the First World War and regained its lustre after the 1930 crisis thanks to luxury production. After work to divert the national road, the manufactory received a new façade on the avenue des Lissiers. In 1984, the establishment was purchased and took the name "manufacture Saint-Jean". Some of the buildings have retained their original fittings such as the east wing whose ground floor houses the wool warehouses.