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The economic development of many Vosgian valleys comes from mining exploitations. A strong workforce and “industrialized” sites facilitated the redevelopment towards new industries, notably textiles, when mines closed down in the eighteenth century. In the nineteenth century, factories settled along rivers and used the power of water. The first plants resembled large farms with many windows. The farmer-workers still lived in neighbouring farms. From 1872, many factories started to appear downstream throughout the Vosgian valleys. They imposed their long one-storey buildings with slate roofs on the landscape. Constantly seeking to settle their workers, the industrials built barracks, and then estates, adjacent to the factories. The barracks could house up to ten families; the estates were accommodations with gardens, lined up in military style. This was the Golden Age of the textile industry. Industrials built factories, canals, chimneys, estates, schools, nurseries, economats, churches. The first textile crises added to the destructions caused by the two world wars. In the Fifties, the textile industry faced a major crisis that called for a complete change. The Vosgian production maintained a top-of-the-range and ennoblement production. Thirty or so companies are labelled Vosges Terre Textile (Vosgian Textile Land), easily identifiable with the logo “Acteur de Vosges terre textile” (Vosgian Textile Land Player). This label guarantees consumers that more than 75% of the manufacturing process took place in the Vosges Mountains within certified manufactures. Authenticity, origin, respect of a Good Practices Charter and Terre Textile values – equivalent to an AOC for textiles – are therefore guaranteed for the consumer. List of certified “Vosges Terre Textile” Companies Author advisa View all posts Gérardmer François Hans Vosges bed linen and “table blanc” 103 Bd d’Alsace 88400 Gérardmer +33 (0) 329 636 437 www.francois-hans.fr Le Jacquard Français Home textiles, Damask, kitchen linen, fine linen, baby clothing 45 boulevard Kelsch 88400 Gérardmer +33 (0) 329 609 565http:/:www.le-jacquard-francais.fr Garnier Thiébaut Home textiles, Damask. 11 boulevard de Granges – Kichompré 88400 Gérardmer +33 (0) 329 603 030 http:/www.garnier-thiebaut.fr Lin Vosges Bed linen – plaids, blankets, quilts – baby clothing – terry cloth – lingerie – table linen – kitchen linen – duvets, pillows – decoration 6 Place de la Gare 88400 Gérardmer +33 (0) 329 603 236 www.linvosges.com La Bresse Tissage Torrent Home textiles, personalized linen, sheets, cushions, terry cloth… embroidery demonstration in the shop. Traversée du Daval 88250 La Bresse +33 (0) 329 254 580 pagesperso-orange.fr/tissagedelacourbe/ Tissu Gisèle Home textiles, bed linen, table linen, furniture linen, lingerie, aprons… 52 route du Chajoux 88250 La BRESSE +33 (0) 329 256 360 www.tgl.fr Ribeauvillé BEAUVILLE Fabric Printing – Table and kitchen linen19 route de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 68150 Ribeauvillé +33 (0) 389 737 474 www.beauville.com Author advisa View all posts