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200 years of silk
A House Made of Silk.
Au Ver à Soie was founded in Paris in 1820, at a moment when French craftsmanship was at the height of its influence. The house was built on a single conviction: that the quality of the thread determines the quality of everything made from it.
From the beginning, Au Ver à Soie’s silks found their way into the ateliers of Paris, into couture, embroidery, and the ceremonial textiles that demanded the finest materials. Over time, the name came to stand for something very simple: an uncompromising quality of thread.
1878
1901
1924
1942
1977
1991
2015
2020
Creation of Au Ver à Soie in Paris, at 235 rue Saint-Denis. From its beginnings, the company specialised in fine silk threads for embroidery, haberdashery and decorative work
Louis Boucher takes over the company; Au Ver à Soie receives a bronze medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition
After Louis Boucher’s death, Madame Veuve Louis Boucher takes over the company, beginning a remarkable chapter of female leadership
Silk enters the medical world. Au Ver À Soie creates a new department producing braided silk threads for surgery
During the night of 3–4 March 1942, bombing destroys the factory and the Boucher family home near the Renault works in Boulogne-Billancourt. The company is forced once again to rebuild and adapt.
Au Ver à Soie develops AU SEXTANT®, an innovative metallic thread designed for embroidery and knitting and recognised for its flexibility.
Jean-Jacques Boucher is appointed silk expert to UNESCO and contributes to the international scientific programme Silk Roads: Routes of Dialogue.
A major fire devastates the Au Ver à Soie factory in Bracieux. With the support of employees and the local community, production is quickly reorganised while the factory is rebuilt.
Au Ver à Soie marks two centuries of French silk-making heritage, continuing a story begun in Paris in 1820