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Biehn in Morocco: Bain Textile
The Africanall photos: Paul Biehn and Hans SylvesterTo think that Michel Biehn fans were sorry to see him give up his beautiful museum quality shop inL'Isle -sur-la-Sorgue... The Caliphyet his new...
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Remnants: sacred belt
Madonna of the sacred beltMuseum of PratoAccording to tradition, the Virgin Mary gave her belt to Saint Thomas at the moment of her assumption to heaven. The belt is kept in the Sacro Cingolo chapel in...
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Pretty purse
photo StTylphoto StTyl Bourse with lovely embroidered vermiculated base.Seen at the flea market today.
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Étoffe d'époque
photo: RMN Anne-Sophie Grillat for the Manufacture PrelleThis yellow Gros de Tours with lilac-filled medallions was woven for Napoleon when he planned the installation of his fourth salon in his...
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Revenons à nos moutons!
Spring this year in Paris is less than glowing ... and in a few days, summer will be here. Brrr! I hope Mother Nature will get back on schedule by then! In the mean time une petite laine n'est pas de...
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I came across this while searching for something very far removed from textiles (poubelles tri-sélectif !).It's a nice reminder.
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Signs of the breakdown of civilization
book cover from DieselpunksThey had lost any idea of making textiles, they could hardly make up clothes when they had material, and they were forced to plunder the continually dwindling supplies of the...
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Clever cuts
photo St Tyl Seen at the Biennale des antiquaires 2012 with its clean-lined 1900 scenography signed by Karl Lagerfeld --photo St Tyl a certain armchair at the stand of the galerie Aveline of...
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Rose Anne de Pampelonne: More curtains, please
photo StTylEnjoyed recently at the Rose Anne de Pampelonne stand at the AD/Louis Vuitton Designer event at Artcurial, Voyages imaginaires.photo StTyl T'nalak blinds of abacadesign Maricris Floirendo...
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Art deco tapestries from the Expo internationale 1925
There is still time to see the tapestry exhibit inspired by the 1925 Paris International Exhibit of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts. The historic 1925 exhibit is well known for being the penicle...
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More from AD/Artcurial : the path of pattern>>>>>
photo St TylFor the record: these pictures from the recent AD/Artcurial Voyages imaginaires decoration event. 4 designers created rooms with a very pronounced taste for pattern and texture. I'd shown...
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You need to know NeedKnot
photo St TylMany textile enthusiasts today are carpet lovers and a rug, unlike cloth, benefits from a status of being immediately both a textile and an object. It can be fully appreciated and placed...
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Emilie Palickova
photo St Tyl-click on image to enlarge-The Sun 1924-1925 flax yarn, needle laceby Emilie Palickova 1892-1973 permanent collection of the Decorative Arts Museum PragueThe Sun was created for the...
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Transport textiles: Prague metro
photo St Tylphoto St TylSuggestions of a magical cityscape.
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Yi Felt Capes
photo St TylThese felt capes were made of yack wool, sheep wool and human hair in the beginning of the 20th century Yunnan, China. Several times a day Yi women would brush their thick hair an take what...
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Big Carré: milleneufcentquatrevingtquatre
photo: milleneufcentquatrevingtquatreA tandem of designers is behind the name milleneufcentquatrevingtquatre .Amélie Charroin and Marie Colin Madan, both born in 1984, gave the year of their birth...
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Collecting, sharing at Amitiés Tissées
photo: St TylAlthough Shukuko Voss-Tabe most often curates thematic or contemporary textiles in her Paris gallery, her most recent exhibit, Au coeur des collections textiles, was a little different....
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The dish towel is your kitchen's Tshirt
The dish towel is your kitchen's Tshirt. You can change it every day, it's inexpensive and expressive, not too serious. When you are nuts about fabrics it's great to have a way to indulge your...
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Joyeux Noël
photo St Tyl18th century antependium from the chapel of the château d'Anetcolorful silk and gold embroidery threads on silk droguet ground fabricI'm very caught up in the season, but I'll be back soon...
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