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American Style: Global Influence 22 Aug 2013 | 11:36 pm
[Shoshoni bag, Fremont County, Fort Washakie, Wyoming, acquired 1901. Elk hide, glass beads, cloth, thread. Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural Histor y, 50/2347.] Apparently it was....
Booking It: Interwoven Globe 22 Aug 2013 | 04:32 am
Just a quick follow up on this morning's post: the hardcover 360-page exhibition catalogue accompanying Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500–1800, scheduled to open at The Met September...
Textile Scout™: Indian Floral 21 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm
[Tent-lining panel from the Deccan, India, circa 1700-1740. Collection of The Met.] Dominated by a series of big flower-filled circles, the design of this kalamkari-decorated cotton panel created in ...
See Tom Decorate 21 Aug 2013 | 04:05 pm
[Unless credited otherwise, photos are by Francesco Lagnese from Tom Scheerer Decorates ©Vendome Press 2013. Posted with written permission from the publisher. Click to enlarge.] He can be very rese...
Coming Soon: Tom Scheerer Decorates 20 Aug 2013 | 09:49 pm
[Photo by Francesco Lagnese from Tom Scheerer Decorates ©Vendome Press 2013. Posted here with permission from the publisher. Click to enlarge.] Tom Scheerer doesn't juxtapose disparate pieces just ....
Textile Scout™: Hill Tribe Indigo 19 Aug 2013 | 06:06 pm
[Images courtesy The Loaded Trunk] On view for less than two more months is Out of Southeast Asia, the last exhibition to be organized at The Textile Museum before the institution relocates to its ne...
Watching Flowers 19 Aug 2013 | 03:18 am
[From Legends of the Fall. Production design by Lilly Kilvert. Set design and decoration by Peter Kelly, Greg Papalia, Dorree Cooper, Sigrid Mekkinosson and others.] When the credits roll at the end ...
French and African Studies 18 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
So it may not be covered in a Bennison-esque floral linen, but Nickey Kehoe's Louis XVI-style settee upholstered with vintage African cloth makes me think of the movie version of Karen Blixen's house....
Blue and Purple Reign 15 Aug 2013 | 06:08 pm
At every turn this week, I've encountered beautiful examples of rich eggplant and soft amethyst mixed with blue. Case in point: John Robshaw's Palitana print from his fall 2013 collection. [Breach Ca...
Grace Land 14 Aug 2013 | 06:19 am
The other day I spent the afternoon with my face buried in Grace Coddington's memoir, enjoying her descriptions of 70s style in London and Paris. [Solid linen swatches are via Restoration Hardware; ....
