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"Les Olivades" is the last local company to continue the tradition of printing on fabric begun in Provence at Marseille in 1648
It is via Provence that the "Compagnie des Indes" imported the first painted tissues in the 16th Century and started the local industry.
At the beginning of the 19th Century the industry is at its height but the end of the Century sees the closure of almost all the small workshops, driven out of business by the new factories of the North and East of France.
Only one small company remained and with the peace after the Second World War came a new prosperity as people rediscovered Provence and returned the Provencal styles to the position they should never have lost. |
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