About us
Textile creations from 1902
Mantero is a family owned textile company founded in 1902, in Como, by Riccardo Mantero.
Its name can be found in the Register of Historical Companies. The Register encourages and rewards companies, which are more than 100 years-old, which have passed on a wealth of entrepreneurial experience and values to later generation.
For more than a century, Mantero has been the leader in the creation, production and distribution of men and women's luxury textile fabrics and accessories. It has a craft history which has been handed down for four generations.
The product’s creation is carried out entirely at the Como headquarters in Italy. Arts and professional skills coexist - design, weaving, traditional screen printing, digital printing, finishing, edging and quality control.
Today, Mantero’s 426 employees are the real company’s asset and use the knowledge developed and handed down over the years to different generations.
Mission
Mantero is a family business since 1902. We create, weave, print fabrics and accessories for the luxury and fashion sector. Our growth is that of our employees, customers and suppliers. We want to meet their expectations with the quality of our products and customer service. We pursue historical values based on environment respect, relationships with employees and commitment.
The Mantero Archive is considered one of the world's richest and most extraordinary textile archives. It contains more than 10,000 books, 60,000 scarfs, thousands of hand-drawn designs stored by subject, test papers, prints on fabric, joint fabrics and jacquard from the most prestigious fashion houses. With the acquisition of French, British, German and American textile archives, the Mantero archive is priceless.
Holliday & Brown
“Holliday & Brown Ltd.” was established in 1926 by Aubrey Brown and his family’s old friend Mr. Holliday. The Company was founded on traditional designs which have been the success of the brand throughout the years.Quality and excellence in both fabric and craftsmanship were the most important trademarks of the Holliday & Brown label which became one of the favourite necktie brands for the English gentleman who kept Savile Row as a reference for his formal wardrobe.
In 2000 the Company was acquired by Mantero Seta. The huge Holliday & Brown archive was bought by Mantero along with the label and still represents a massive and historical resource.
With the best printed and woven fabrics, Holliday & Brown offers reinterpreted classics. Ties that remind its origins with a contemporary twist. a collection that is distributed in the best speciality and department stores worldwide.
It is a story full of images and colours, antique books dating back to the early 1700s, fabrics, magazines, photographic books and evocative materials from the past. A source of genuine inspiration for our designersto start their creative research.