A visit to the vintage market at my nearest town, I found this lovely old thread box. It was well worth the money I paid considering it also contained 17 new embroidery skeins. It just had to come home with me!
'DMC' sets a high standard in thread for many fiber arts. I only knew it as an embroidery thread before starting to make bobbin lace which opened up a desperate need for many different weights and types of cotton thread. I happily buy any bargains I spot which have those big, gold DMC capitals on.
This is the first thing I have found which shows the full name of the company. The box is a little worse for wear, but the soft powder blue and navy blue lettering is rather classy looking. I noticed they used a bell on this old box, now the logo includes a horses head.
I searched the interweb for more information...
Dollfus-Mieg et Compagnie (abbreviated as DMC), is an Alsatian textile company created in Mulhouse, France in 1746 by Jean-Henri Dollfus. During the twentieth century, it was one of the largest European textile and industry groups. DMC was the owner and then shareholder of the Ronchamp coal mines.
Daniel Dollfus, with help from his wife Anne-Marie Mieg, restructured the company as Dollfus-Mieg et Compagnie, which was officially created on 21 March 1800.
All thread is made in the same factory in Mulhouse, France where it has been made since 1898.
DMC formally acquired the Anchor and related brands. (2023)
The Wikipedia entry has an interesting page on this company, well worth a read if you are fascinated by the background of our fiber sources.
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