In 1880, Israël Jean-Baptiste Craye, weaver's apprentice, started his own small manufacture for table clothes and curtains in Roubaix, in the North of France.
Then in 1914, his two sons founded the weaving mill Craye at its current location rue de Nancy.
In the Sixties’, Craye started reproducing famous wallhangings in the art of the Flemish weavers from the Middle Ages.
In 1992, Mister Hendrik Persyn bought the weaving mill Craye, joining the group "Flemish Tapestries" (Metrax, Craye, Comag, Bruggeman). The group is specialised in tapestries, jacquard woven fabrics, cushions, throws, handbags….
In 2001, Mr Persyn carried out a great project: the setting up of a Museum about the art of Jacquard weaving, located next to the production site. We retrace the history of the weaving, from a centuries-aged handloom to nowadays-electronic looms. Each loom works in front of the visitors, which makes this museum lively.