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Antoine d'Albiousse has travelled the world.
A life devoted to the creation of upholstery fabrics and the decoration of demanding interiors. A profession, a passion, an art of living.
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Antoine's journey is that of a long-standing enthusiast. Trained within leading French upholstery fabric houses such as Pierre Frey, Lelièvre and Canovas, he developed early on a refined understanding of materials, weaves and the expectations of interior design professionals.
In 2006, he took over Destombes, a French company founded in 1910 and renowned for its great classics. While preserving its heritage and quality, Antoine chose to profoundly transform the house, developing fabrics that are more contemporary in colour and more demanding in their materiality. For Antoine's fabrics reflect their creator: elegant, noble and exclusive.
His sensibility is shaped by multiple passions: fine aged wines from the South-West of France, objects imbued with history, flea markets, travel, decoration and art. His work can be seen as a renaissance of traditional materials, sometimes forgotten: raw canvases, fluid linen weaves, washed velvets with shimmering reflections.
Deeply attached to family, transmission and the art of living, Antoine conceives fabric as an element of décor meant to stand the test of time, to age beautifully and to accompany a lifetime. He has thus shaped a singular house, a reflection of his vision of fabric: timeless, contemporary and bold.
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portrait
A
creator
Antoine d'Albiousse has travelled the world.
A life devoted to the creation of upholstery fabrics and the decoration of demanding interiors. A profession, a passion, an art of living.
Antoine's journey is that of a long-standing enthusiast. Trained within leading French upholstery fabric houses such as Pierre Frey, Lelièvre and Canovas, he developed early on a refined understanding of materials, weaves and the expectations of interior design professionals.
In 2006, he took over Destombes, a French company founded in 1910 and renowned for its great classics. While preserving its heritage and quality, Antoine chose to profoundly transform the house, developing fabrics that are more contemporary in colour and more demanding in their materiality. For Antoine's fabrics reflect their creator: elegant, noble and exclusive.
His sensibility is shaped by multiple passions: fine aged wines from the South-West of France, objects imbued with history, flea markets, travel, decoration and art. His work can be seen as a renaissance of traditional materials, sometimes forgotten: raw canvases, fluid linen weaves, washed velvets with shimmering reflections.
Deeply attached to family, transmission and the art of living, Antoine conceives fabric as an element of décor meant to stand the test of time, to age beautifully and to accompany a lifetime. He has thus shaped a singular house, a reflection of his vision of fabric: timeless, contemporary and bold.
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Creating a collection is a slow and demanding process.
At Antoine d'Albiousse, it is part of a collective and family-driven adventure, led by Antoine and his wife Sophie, who now runs the company.
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A family house at heart, Antoine d'Albiousse is built on exchange and transmission. Antoine and Sophie work hand in hand, supported by a close-knit team, notably at the warehouse in Verneuil-sur-Avre, Normandy, where all orders are prepared and dispatched. Their children also take part, in their own way, in this family story deeply rooted in everyday life.
Each collection emerges from a long period of reflection, shaped by observation and layered inspirations. Antoine and Sophie search for antique drawings, gather fragments of materials, and compose universes blending colours, textures, architecture and artistic references. A stay in an abbey, for example, inspired the Abbey Road collection, marked by the sobriety of stone and a deliberate return to essentials, while the rhythms and colours of Robert and Sonia Delaunay, the graphic strength of Malevich, and the engravings of Rigaud and Largillière have inspired designs such as Sofia and Kasimir.
This is followed by the development phase, carried out with European workshops, mainly in France, Belgium and Italy. Every detail is refined with extreme precision: yarn selection, weaving trials, washing and finishing tests to achieve the right hand, suppleness and drape. For certain complex weaves, particularly tapestries composed of numerous yarns, it can take months to reach the right shade — the one that fully reveals the material.
Finally, the way clients are welcomed is itself a reflection of this philosophy. Antoine and Sophie chose a showroom-apartment, which is also their home. Collections take shape within a real, lived-in interior — faithful to the belief that fabric truly comes into its own when it is lived with.
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un éditeur
dans
l'atelier
Creating a collection is a slow and demanding process.
At Antoine d'Albiousse, it is part of a collective and family-driven adventure, led by Antoine and his wife Sophie, who now runs the company.
A family house at heart, Antoine d'Albiousse is built on exchange and transmission. Antoine and Sophie work hand in hand, supported by a close-knit team, notably at the warehouse in Verneuil-sur-Avre, Normandy, where all orders are prepared and dispatched. Their children also take part, in their own way, in this family story deeply rooted in everyday life.
Each collection emerges from a long period of reflection, shaped by observation and layered inspirations. Antoine and Sophie search for antique drawings, gather fragments of materials, and compose universes blending colours, textures, architecture and artistic references. A stay in an abbey, for example, inspired the Abbey Road collection, marked by the sobriety of stone and a deliberate return to essentials, while the rhythms and colours of Robert and Sonia Delaunay, the graphic strength of Malevich, and the engravings of Rigaud and Largillière have inspired designs such as Sofia and Kasimir.
This is followed by the development phase, carried out with European workshops, mainly in France, Belgium and Italy. Every detail is refined with extreme precision: yarn selection, weaving trials, washing and finishing tests to achieve the right hand, suppleness and drape. For certain complex weaves, particularly tapestries composed of numerous yarns, it can take months to reach the right shade — the one that fully reveals the material.
Finally, the way clients are welcomed is itself a reflection of this philosophy. Antoine and Sophie chose a showroom-apartment, which is also their home. Collections take shape within a real, lived-in interior — faithful to the belief that fabric truly comes into its own when it is lived with.