The textile history of Mulhouse is part of its heritage and its DNA. To pay tribute to it, a fabric is created each year by a local designer and used to decorate the Christmas market. The collections of the Museum of Printed Fabrics are used as inspiration. The pattern and the colours change every year. These fabrics become thus a real collection!
On the occasion of Mulhouse’s 800th anniversary, the 2024 Christmas fabric pays tribute to Mulhouse’s rich past, characterised in particular by great industrial and textile inventions. The designer, Marie-Jo Gebel, honours the city’s historical heritage by taking inspiration from the ‘Indiennes’ collection at the Museum of Printed Fabrics with patterns from Mulhouse’s Mieg factory. The interlaced ribbons invite us to travel back in time between the Middle Ages and the 18th century, while symbols from Mulhouse’s history adorn the background of the fabric: the city’s coat of arms, the wheel of the watermill, the automobile and railway industries…
Where to buy the fabric?
The fabric of the year is also on sale exclusively at the Boutique aux Etoffes (Fabric shop). You can buy it by the meter or already made into tablecloths, tête à tête, table runners, napkins, aprons, etc. Textile designers also make it into small decorative items for the home or the tree.
You can also order the fabric on our Online shop.
The Boutique aux Etoffes is located on the first floor of the Hôtel de Ville (Musée Historique), place de la Réunion in Mulhouse, during the Christmas market.
Contact: +33 (0)3 89 35 48 48 / info@attractive-mulhouse.com
Public transportation:
Tram: Line 1, 3 or Tram Train, station “République”