"Silk Project For The Bianchini-ferier Manufacture, Signed L.dongé, Gouache"
Bianchini-Férier is a silk factory founded in 1888 in Lyon by the association of a designer, Charles Bianchini, the technician François Atuyer and the financier François Férier1. Thanks to its tradition of quality and creation, the house, which also set up on avenue de l'Opéra in Paris around 1912, quickly collaborated with the biggest names in haute couture and then ready-to-wear, including Worth , Poiret, Doucet, Jenny, Vionnet, Lanvin, Patou, Madame Gres, Carven, Paco Rabanne, Nina Ricci, Chanel, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Lacroix, Jean Paul Gaultier, Hussein Chalayan, Anastasia, Dries Van Noten… Gouache bears the stamp lower left on the back where there is also the sketch of a musketeer Signed and dated: Dongé 22 on the front.