I bought these textiles from Bhutan in Paris, several years ago. One is very dirty, but you can see the beauty of the colors and patterns.
Category: Expositions
Packing kelims
I’m moving in a few months, and beginning to pack. It allows me to have a look at some of my kelims that aren’t on display. I don’t particularly the design and colors of this one, but I’m fascinated by the weaving and the knots. It may be 60 to 100 years old, I believe from Turkey.
Je déménage dans quelques mois, et je commence empaqueter. Je redécouvre ceux de mes kilims confinés dans une boîte. Je n’adore ni les motifs ni les couleurs de celui-ci, mais je reste fascinée par le tissage et le tressage. Je pense qu’il vient de Turquie, il a entre 60 et 100 ans à mon avis.
Japanese print
I bought this print in Guadeloupe in the only antiquarian in Basse-Terre, his shop doesn’t exist anymore, it was thirty years ago. The print was cut at some point, a part of it is missing on the left. I don’t know what it is, if it is old or new, and what is written inside the cartouches. But the colors are gorgeous, and the texture of the paper is splendid.
J’ai trouvé cette estampe chez le seul antiquaire de Basse-Terre il y a trente ans, sa boutique a disparu depuis. . Aucune idée de son pedigree ni de son ancienneté, mais les couleurs sont superbes et la texture du papier extraordinaire.
Hannah, Ines and Lina
I was in Frankfort yesterday, to see an exhibition of Hannah Ryggen’s tapestries before it closes. The exhibition was gorgeous, 25 monumental tapestries, with extraordinary colors, inventive and free compositions, political subjects. I stayed about three hours.
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