 Artists and handicraftsmen knew to make the
nature more attractive with their know-how.
Stone, wood or iron, sculpted, cut…
Clay turned, glazed, moulded, enamelled…
Glass coloured, cut…
Every rainbow’s colours are highlighted by textile, paper, parchment, cloth…
This flight of colours and forms will fill you with wonder along the roads of Bresse.
Nowadays, there is a
traditional craft in Burgundian Bresse: chairmaker.
This activity, located especially in Bantanges and Rancy, two villages between Louhans and
Cuisery, dates from the early 19th century. It seems that farmer families began
to make chairs to complement their farm activity. The development of this handicraft has
been favoured by local natural conditions : plenty of woods, grass (called
"laiches") of damp plains along the Seille river and ponds, growing of rye
providing the straw.
 At the end of the 19th century, some farmers
became small craftsmen with one or two employees. Nowadays a dozen firms of chair-making
are listed on Rancy and Bantanges. A few women still straw-bottom chairs at home for
themselves.
These handicraftsmen are ready to
welcome you in their workshop. So you will appreciate the high quality of their creations
and their know-how. |
