Declercq Passementiers

What Declercq Passementiers does

Declercq Passementiers is a French artisanal manufacturer of passementerie (decorative trimmings including braids, tiebacks, tassels, trim and gimp) and, since 2014, upholstery fabrics under the Declercq Tissus branch. The company was founded in 1852 and is headquartered at 15 rue Étienne Marcel in Paris, operating as a family-owned Société Anonyme currently in its fourth generation under Jérôme and Elisa Declercq, who assumed direction in 2011. Approximately 80% of production is executed by hand using traditional techniques at the Paris workshop, with no disclosed automation or technology layer.

Name

Declercq Passementiers

Legal name

Declercq Passementiers S.A.

Website

https://declercqpassementiers.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1852

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Declercq Passementiers is a Paris-based, family-owned artisanal manufacturer of handcrafted passementerie trimmings and upholstery fabrics (since 1852), serving interior decorators, French national monuments, and luxury residential clients through B2B and direct project sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Decorative Trimmings & Upholstery Fabrics

NAICS

Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Retailers (459420)

SIC

Apparel & Other Finishd Prods Of Fabrics & Similar Matl (2300), Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores (5600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYCRAGADAE

Luxury Accessories & Leather Goods Department Stores

Consumer Products & Retail/General Merchandise & Department Stores/Luxury & Premium Department Stores

Keywords

• Passementerie trimmings
• Upholstery fabrics
• Decorative braids
• Fringe and tassels
• Heritage textile restoration

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Passementerie Products: Sale of ready-to-order passementerie products including galons, franges, glands, embrasses (tiebacks), and decorative trimmings for interior decoration.
2. Fabric & Upholstery Materials: Sale of decorative fabrics including velvets, jacquards, prints, and embroidered textiles.
3. Custom Restoration & Fabrication: Bespoke manufacturing services for historic monument restoration projects, including custom passementeries that match historical archives.
4. Publication Sales: Sale of the book 'Passementeries - L'excellence Declercq Passementiers' documenting the company's history and craft.
5. Accessories & Small Items: Sale of accessories including keychains, brooches, bag jewels, and decorative items in the boutique section.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Declercq Passementiers is a French artisanal manufacturer founded in 1852 that hand-produces decorative passementerie trimmings (galons, franges, crépines, effilés, embrasses, boutons, médaillons, tresses, dentelles, cordons, pompons) and custom upholstery fabrics under the Declercq Tissus line. The company serves interior decorators, heritage institutions, and luxury projects with both ready-made collections and bespoke special commissions (Fabrication spéciale), including restoration work for the Mobilier National, Château de Versailles, and other national palaces and museums. Sales occur through a dedicated Paris showroom, online store, and Espace Pro trade portal, with an additional accessible "Prix doux" entry-level line and an on-site Museum of Passementerie.

Product overview

Declercq Passementiers is a French artisanal manufacturer of passementerie (decorative trimmings including tassels, braids, cords, tiebacks, fringes, and galons) and upholstery fabrics, founded in 1852. The company operates as a unified craft workshop where 80% of production is handmade using traditional techniques. Their product portfolio consists of four main pillars: (1) Passementerie Collections - seasonal and classic trimming designs organized into categories (Classiques, Contemporaines, Les non feu, Les soies, Valeurs sûres, Nouveautés) including iconic lines like Les Mousquetaires, Lafayette, Théodora, Rêve de soie, and Salammbô; (2) Fabric Collections (Declercq Tissus) - velvets (Velours Arrabida, Kid Cote, Oxydation), jacquards (Farfalla, Tartaruga, Shanti), prints (Lou, Varengeville, Damakat), panels, embroidered fabrics (GUSTAV, Htouba, Kaa), and unis; (3) La Boutique - individual retail products including tassels, tiebacks, brooches, keychains, and books; and (4) Fabrication Spéciale - bespoke commissions for historical monuments including Versailles, Fontainebleau, Chantilly, Hôtel de la Marine, and Opéra Garnier. The company also maintains a museum of passementerie and has collaborated with designers on art objects like Twisted Infinity (with Mathieu Lehanneur) and award-winning projects like Luce (Paris Déco Off 2015).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Declercq Tissus: Fabric creation branch launched in 2014 offering original, excellent quality creations

Products and services

• Passementerie Collections (Galons, Franges, Crépines, Effilés, Embrasses, Boutons, Médaillons, Tresses, Dentelles, Cordons, Pompons)

Quantifiable outcome

• 170+ years of continuous family ownership preserving artisanal techniques

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Thomas BoogcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with designer Thomas Boog for original passementerie creations including the Nautilus collection (shell-inspired tieback) and Corail collection (coral branch design). Joint creative process resulting in unique decorative pieces.
• Christophe DecarpentriecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with textile designer Christophe Decarpentrie for the Flandres collection, combining his design sensibility with Declercq's artisanal expertise in fire-retardant passementeries.
• Design Percept / Françoise Mamert / Clémentine Chambon / Brochier technologiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-partner collaboration for the award-winning Luce project - a luminous passementerie incorporating optical fibers with traditional silk craftsmanship.
• Brigitte GuilletcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with weaver and textile creator Brigitte Guillet for the Théodora collection featuring Byzantine-inspired gold galons.
• Musée Soulages de RodezminorOthersSource of inspiration for the Oxydation velvet collection - inspired by the Corten steel facades of the museum in Rodez, creating a textile interpretation of the oxidation effect.
• Mathieu LehanneurcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with designer Mathieu Lehanneur for 'Twisted Infinity' - a luminous suspension artwork combining silk cabling, metal, and light, resulting from challenges shared between creator vision and artisanal craft.
• Centre des Monuments NationauxcoreOthersOngoing partnership for restoration projects at French national monuments including Hôtel de la Marine, providing custom passementeries for historic restoration.
• Mobilier NationalcoreOthersPartnership for exhibiting at the Gobelins gallery during Museums Night 2025, showcasing historical passementeries and providing craft demonstrations.
• OzonecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner company that accompanied Mathieu Lehanneur and Declercq Passementiers in the realization of the Twisted Infinity luminaire project.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Nobilis: Paris-based luxury fabric, wallpaper, and trim house serving high-end residential and contract interiors. Comparable in the broader luxury interior textiles category, with a comparable showroom-led sales model targeting decorators and luxury clients.
• Métaphores: French luxury textile brand (Lelièvre group) producing high-end furnishing fabrics, velvets, and silks. Overlaps with Declercq Tissus in the premium decorative fabric space and shares the same decorator and contract interior customer base.
• Le Manach: French heritage textile maker (founded 1829, part of Pierre Frey group) producing traditional and contemporary fabrics for high-end interiors. Overlaps with Declercq Tissus in the luxury decorative fabric category and serves the same decorator and heritage restoration channels.
• Braquenié: Historic French fabric house (founded 1823, Pierre Frey subsidiary) producing traditional Toile de Jouy, archival prints, and luxury decorative textiles. Comparable as a heritage-driven luxury textile incumbent serving decorators and restoration projects.
• Pierre Frey: Leading French luxury textile house offering fabrics, wallcoverings, and trimmings to interior designers globally. Comparable as a broader luxury interior textile incumbent whose trim and fabric assortment overlaps with Declercq Tissus and whose decorator customer base mirrors Declercq's Espace Pro audience.
• Lelièvre Paris: Established French luxury textile editor specializing in fabrics and trimmings for residential, hospitality, and contract interiors. Comparable in the broader luxury home textiles category, with overlapping decorator, hotel, and heritage project demand.
• Rubelli: Venetian luxury textile house producing furnishing fabrics and trimmings for residential, contract, and heritage projects. Comparable as a European heritage luxury textile maker with a similar decorator-led, project-based GTM and restoration references.

Direct peers

• Houlès: Family-owned French passementerie and trim specialist offering braids, tassels, tiebacks, and cordage to interior decorators worldwide. Direct competitor in the same product category with similar B2B decorator GTM and overlapping institutional and luxury residential accounts.
• Tassinari & Chatel: Historic French passementerie house (founded 1680) operating out of Lyon, specializing in handmade trimmings, fringes, and tassels for heritage restoration and luxury interiors. Directly comparable as one of the few remaining French artisanal passementerie manufacturers serving the same Versailles-class institutional and decorator customer base.
• Prelle: French silk and passementerie producer (founded 1752) combining luxury furnishing fabrics with traditional trimmings. Highly comparable as a heritage Lyon-based silk and trim maker serving Versailles-era restoration and luxury interior clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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