metaphores
BELLE ETOILE COLLECTION | 2026
Le crin
Woven horsehair offers both a delicate vibrancy and a remarkable resilience, two qualities that attract numerous interior design influencers from diverse backgrounds.
Only one workshop in the world continues to weave horsehair by hand with rare know how. It takes infinite patience, as well as precise and sure gestures acquired over long months of apprenticeship, to create singular weaves strand by strand.
VEREL DE BELVAL
The standard of excellence in the Lyon silk-weaving industry. Rather than simply preserving and passing on its formidable heritage, it evolves and reinvents: an approach that has earned it the Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant label.
Its mission – create silk expressions in tune with the times – is based on the mastery of exceptional fibres and traditional techniques and is driven by a spirit of innovation.
An innovator in weaving and fabrics edition for interior design, Métaphores is a celebrated brand, inspiring and contemporary, belonging to Hermès’ textile division.
Métaphores, the finest of French signatures, brings together the centenarian know-how of Verel de Belval for silk furnishings and Le Crin for hand-woven horsehair, as well as the mastery of textile materials with remarkable sensory and visual creativity.
Métaphores fabrics are born of a subtle alchemy between materials, history and gesture, supported by its rigorous choice of partners and careful selection of raw materials. This overarching sustainable development approach lowers the environmental impact of the collections.