The first inhabitants of this property were farmers who made a living from their vines, fields and animals.

Later, during the Canut Rebellion (an uprising among silk workers in Lyon) the silk manufacturers opened silk factories here, which enabled them to continue producing silk while at the same time profiting from a local workforce prepared to work for low wages.

Thus it was that, bit by bit, the weaving workshop was created. First came "la dent" where we now have the conservatory, followed by a second part that was joined to the house.

The complete workshop housed, until the sixties, five weaving machines.

As advanced machines and synthetic fabrics appeared, the weaving industry declined and local home based skills disappeared.