Henry Bertrand was a Frenchsilkweaver of the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, fromVilleurbanne nearLyon. He founded the well known silk company, Henry Bertrand.[1] The original collections can be seen in museums around the world including the Silk Museum in Lyon and theCleveland Museum of Art. With the onslaught of man-made fabrics the original company declined until the 1960s when it sold its French mills. The company's remaining office in London was acquired by the Gilbert family in 1981.
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