分类依据：F. Schumacher & Co Announces Substantial Acquisition Of Vanoutryve Mill Archive
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美国设计公司F. Schumacher & Co.宣布收购法国Vanoutryve纺织厂大部分档案，包括逾7.5万件纺织样品及1870至1960年间的原始面料与图纸。Vanoutryve曾在法国和比利时运营逾150年，19至20世纪为欧洲重要奢侈纺织织造商，高峰期雇工超4500人，出口占比达60%，2019年关闭。此次收购大幅扩充FS&CO档案库，并强化其与法国纺织历史的联系。
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NEW YORK, NY — September 22, 2026 — F. Schumacher & Co. (FS&CO), the storied American design house founded by Frederic Schumacher in 1889, is proud to announce the acquisition of the vast majority of the Vanoutryve archive. A renowned mill active in France and Belgium for more than 150 years, Vanoutryve not only was critical to the development of the European textile industry during the 19th and 20th centuries, but also had a direct connection to Frederic Schumacher, a Frenchman who worked as a textile agent for Vanoutryve in both France and the United States before launching his namesake company in New York City.
This impressive acquisition includes more than 75,000 textile samples along with original fabrics and drawings dating from approximately 1870 to 1960, substantially expanding FS&CO’s archival holdings and deepening its rich connection to French textile history.
Founded in Roubaix, France, in 1860 by Felix Vanoutryve, the mill quickly became one of Europe’s most important luxury textile weavers, at one time employing more than 4,500 workers and exporting as much as 60 percent of its production abroad. During the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods, Vanoutryve’s textiles introduced the emerging French design motifs to the masses, and the mill also worked with some of the era’s leading style arbiters, including Paul Poiret, who was the first fashion designer to establish a lifestyle brand producing fabrics for the home. After Felix Vanoutryve’s death in 1912—the same year that Frederic Schumacher died—the mill remained family-owned until 2013 and eventually closed in 2019. Parrots Moderne, a fabric originally woven at Vanoutryve, is still in production at Schumacher today.
“Acquiring archival pieces directly connected to our company’s founder is a natural extension of our brand heritage,” says FS&CO President and CEO Timur Yumusaklar. “We have always and will always continue to work with the finest mills in the world, and we firmly believe that quality craftsmanship and great design can withstand the test of time. I’m honored to continue preserving and reimagining the artistry of these timeless pieces by introducing them to the U.S., just as Frederic Schumacher did 150 years ago.”
“When I first started going through the Vanoutryve archive in Europe,” recounts Dara Caponigro, the company’s Chief Creative Officer, “what struck me most was the mix of patterns that were produced within a specific time period, which reflected the broad range of aesthetics and varied appetite for design during that era, with modernist Art Deco designs existing right alongside traditional brocades.”
The collection—which spans everything from classic Persian motifs and traditional European florals to early-20th-century French designs and more—comprises fine silks and brocades alongside heavier, more deeply textured fabrics like tapestries and jacquards. More
