About SamValentim
A textile story shaped across generations
SamValentim’s roots predate the brand itself. From direct relationships with customers to in-house making, embroidery and technical evolution, family knowledge developed into a Portuguese home textile brand and atelier.
Family roots
The story begins before SamValentim
Valentim Pereira and Rosalina Pereira de Carvalho came from families connected to textiles and traditional embroidery in the Lixa region of Portugal.
The family sold embroidered textile pieces directly to customers, travelling across Portugal. Their children accompanied them and grew up close to the products, the business and its commercial relationships.
That proximity helps explain something that remains part of the company today: knowing the product, understanding those who seek it and building relationships through trust and responsibility.
Milestones
A story of continuity and transformation
Family roots
Before the company and the brand
The family activity was rooted in textiles, embroidery and direct relationships with customers.
1984
From experience to making
The family’s accumulated experience led to Ropercar, a small making operation that marked the transition towards an organisation with its own production capability.
1992
SamValentim is born
The creation of the brand gave a distinct commercial identity to an activity that already combined experience, technical knowledge and making capability.
Evolution
Embroidery and Schiffli technology
The next generation expanded the company’s production capabilities through in-house embroidery and, later, Schiffli technology for lace and allover designs.
Today
Table, bath and bed
SamValentim develops collections across the three main areas of the home, while maintaining its own making in Portugal and continuing to build on knowledge developed over time.
Evolving know-how
From making to new technical possibilities
The company’s evolution has involved more than broadening its portfolio. Its making capabilities have been accompanied by the development of new technical skills.
Embroidery became an in-house capability, from design and technical preparation through to execution and integration into the finished piece.
Schiffli technology expanded the possibilities further through lace and allover designs. Technology increases what can be done, but the result also depends on the knowledge behind preparation, production and finishing.
The company today
A Portuguese brand, atelier and in-house making operation
Today, SamValentim develops and makes table, bath and bed textiles, combining its own collections, technical knowledge, material selection and attention to finishing.
Own collections
Table, bath and bed form the core of the offer and the brand’s strategy.
Made in Portugal
SamValentim products are developed and made at the company’s facilities in Portugal, using selected materials.
People and knowledge
Experience accumulated within the company helps preserve knowledge across making, materials, embroidery, lace and finishing.
Technology with purpose
Machinery and technology expand technical possibilities, while experience and attention to the product guide execution.
Continuity
Preserving knowledge does not mean standing still
SamValentim’s continuity does not come from repeating the past. It comes from retaining what remains relevant and adapting the company as new skills, technologies and contexts emerge.
Knowledge passed on
Experience developed across generations continues to inform the way products are considered and made.
Proximity
Direct relationships with customers and partners remain part of the company’s commercial culture.
Evolving with judgement
New processes and technologies are introduced when they add capability without compromising the quality of making and the finished product.
SamValentim today
Explore the collections that continue this story
Table, bath and bed bring together the knowledge, making and possibilities developed throughout SamValentim’s journey.