> SLABBINCK HOME CREATIONS

It was in 1903 that Hendrik Slabbinck began a specialised embroidery workshop in Bruges, the Art Studio Slabbinck. The workshop quickly grew into a company with a worldwide reputation for manufacturing liturgical garments, altar linen and pennants. To get through the difficult period during WWII and to ensure the staff were not transported to labour camps, Hendrik Slabbinck and his son Maurice set their employees to making embroidery copies of works by the Flemish Primitive artists Jan van Eyck and Hans Memling. These copies are kept today in the family archive.

The third generation of the family joined the company in the nineteen sixties: Dirk and Marc Slabbinck. As the person responsible for the artistic side of the business, Dirk designed the typical Slabbinck style that is now known all over the world, while Marc laid the foundations for an international sales network.

Today, the fourth generation is at the helm of Slabbinck Home Creations. Mathias Slabbinck and nephew Viktor handle the sales side of the business, while sister Mirabel creates the collections of table and bed linen. After training at the Ghent textile college, Mirabel specialised at the ?Institut de la Mode? in Paris. All of the items produced at the workshop in Bruges are made with the finest natural materials. The result is the exclusive collections of impeccable quality and timeless class.