What Maison Fabre is known for
Founded in Millau in 1924 by Étienne Fabre, Maison Fabre remains family-run into its fourth generation, hand-cutting lamb, peccary and sheepskin leather gloves. Its range spans driving, fencing, golf and ceremony gloves, all made in its Millau workshops.
Maison Fabre was founded in 1924 in Millau by Étienne Fabre, then 40 years old, whose interest in glovemaking traced back to 1909, when he served as a mounted gendarme and first encountered the trade. The house has stayed in the same family across four generations since, based in Millau workshops with an additional presence in Paris's Palais-Royal.
The company works in lamb, peccary and sheepskin leathers, lined in cashmere, fleece or silk, and produces a range built around specific uses rather than a single generic glove: driving gloves, fencing gloves, golf gloves, ceremony gloves and mittens each have their own cut. Alongside gloves, Maison Fabre also makes small leather goods, belts, bags and jackets, extending its leatherworking beyond hands alone.
Maison Fabre's own materials describe its approach as using natural, local and traceable materials and frame the house as carrying forward "French craftsmanship rooted in its territories" — language tied to Millau's standing as a historic center of French leatherwork, though this rewrite does not repeat the specific, unverified claim that Millau has been a glove capital since the 13th century, as no source consulted confirmed that date.
How ORBIS reads this city
Best for — Millau-made driving, fencing, golf, ceremony, and leather gloves
Hand-cut and hand-sewn in Millau, France's glove-making capital since the 13th century.
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