Les Toiles du Soleil Large Clutch - Marin Canvas
Les Toiles du Soleil Large Clutch - Marin Canvas
Les Toiles du Soleil’s beautiful Cotton Canvases are produced exclusively in France in Saint Laurent de Cerdans in the Pyrénées Orientales nestled in a green setting of the Vallespir.
The same looms as those of the past are still used to create these famous striped fabrics. Each style has a name and its own story, the artistic director Henri Quinta finding his sources of inspiration through landscapes, travels and the art world.
Product Detail:
Les Toiles du Soleil Large Clutch, perfect accessory to hold all your favourite products whilst on holidays.
Designed and handmade, in Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans, France.
Zipper closure and double central pocket
Dimensions: 23cm x 35cm
Made from Les Toiles du Soleil : MARIN 100% cotton canvas - 300gr/m2.
This fabric is woven in France on old shuttle looms: a unique weaving process that gives it great strength (Martindale: 40,000 cycles).
Maintenance: Before the first wash, immerse the canvas in cold water for 24 hours, this will minimize the rate of shrinkage of the fabric. Machine washable at 60°C with gentle spin cycle. Do not put it in the dryer.
Les Toiles du Soleil’s beautiful Cotton Canvases have been produced exclusively since 1897 in the French region of Saint Laurent de Cerdans, on the slopes of Haute Vallespir.
In a small village here, the same looms as those of the past are still used to create Les Toiles famous Catalan striped fabrics. Each style has a name and its own story, the artistic director Henri Quinta finding his sources of inspiration through landscapes, travels and the art world.
The ancestral techniques of their warpers and weavers, the traditional manufacturing processes that are still used today make this company an exceptional place, a conservatory of the industrial heritage that has completely disappeared elsewhere in France.
“I am a singular canvas woven of excellence and tradition.
I am a unique product created up there. In the mountains in the last French Catalan weaving factory. Since 1897, our artisans have perpetuated their know-how to offer you authentic textiles in colorful shade “
