Sample of wool in twill 2/2 weave. Warp and weft have the same arrangement combining black brown, light brown and white yarns; the arrangement made checks pattern.

The fabrics produced by Silvaianese mark three different stages in the company’s fifty-year history. Having commenced business immediately after the war with the production of carded fabrics for the Italian women’s clothing market, the company soon began trading with the Middle East and Northern Europe as did many other companies in the Prato area. On the contrary, the company’s decision to focus on the production of fabrics for men’s clothing at the end of the 1960s was an unusual decision in an industrial area famous for the production of woolen textiles. Focusing mainly on the British fashion market, by which it was inspired, the company produced flannel and flannelled fabrics in carded wool, often mixed with polyester to increase their resistance and reduce their weight, right up until the end of the 1980s.