The Foundation
Joseph Rostaing establishes an artisanal tannery in Villieu, Ain, France, producing vegetal leather for postmen and soldiers of the Republic.
The House
Identity & Spirit
JR is not a brand built from a concept. It is the continuation of a family vocation. Six generations of men and women who have lived with leather, worked with it, and understood its depths.
The house works across three continents: France for heritage, Vietnam for the atelier, Mongolia for material. The conviction is single. The finest leather objects begin with the finest raw materials, handled by the most skilled hands.
Heritage
Six Generations of Leather
Through Revolution
François Rostaing inherits the tannery and steers it through the upheaval of 1848.
The Art of Tanning
Léon Rostaing pioneers vegetal tanning with oak bark. The finest bootmakers in Lyon, Paris, and Cannes stamp their soles with 'Tannery Rostaing, founded 1789.'
A New Craft
Jean Rostaing, trained at the Tannery School of Lyon, introduces the first protective leather gloves. A craft that would define the house for decades.
Eastward
Jacques Rostaing founds Rostaing Vietnam near Saigon, beginning a new chapter of Franco-Asian craftsmanship and establishing what would become the JR France Group.
Return to Origins
A new tannery opens in Vietnam, returning to the family's original calling. Only nineteen tanneries exist in all of Vietnam. Ninety artisans join the atelier.
The Mongolian Frontier
Rostaing Mongolia is born, sourcing the finest goat and sheep skins from nomadic herders on the vast steppes, adding cashmere and wool to the house's repertoire.
JR
The first JR boutique opens in Ulan Bator. A brand of luxury leather accessories is born, the culmination of a family's two-century journey through leather.
Not products for a season. Objects for a life. To age as their owners age, gathering patina and character with each passing year.
