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Category Archives: Textiles
Grainger’s Toweling Fashion Changer – Has a Dry Sense of Humour
Percy Grainger & Ella Grainger: Towelling Tunic shirt, leggings, belt, shoes worn by Percy Grainger c. 1934 (Cotton bath towels, plastic, leather and metal) Dr Kaare K, Nygaard (1902-1989) Percy Grainger, 1955 (Bronze) Grainger Museum of Melbourne, University of Melbourne. Towelling … Continue reading
Enter the Dragon – How Clawsome
Melbourne’s Dai Loong (Big Dragon) has particular significance in the history of dragon making from China. Processional dragons are handmade out of silk, bamboo and wire. Historically it is a folk craft which originated in Foshan, in the Guangdong Province … Continue reading
The Lady and the Unicorn
The Lady and the Unicorn is the modern title given to a series of six tapestries woven in Flanders from wool and silk, from designs drawn in Paris ca 1500. The tapestries were created in the style of mille-fleurs (meaning: … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Illustrations, Tapestry, Textiles
Tagged À mon seul désir, Boussac castle, he Lady and the Unicorn, Tapestry, Tlegends
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Compare the Pair #15: Compare the Chair
Left: “Hollow“(2012) fibreglass & paint by Anish Kapoor, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor was born on 12 March 1954, in Bombay. Kapoor lived and worked in London during the 1970s studying art at the Hornsey College of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, DecorativeArts, Textiles
Tagged Anish Kapoor, Ball Chair, Blobe Chair, Eero Aarnio, International Furniture Fair
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On Armistice Day – Lest We Forget
Above is part of a collection of World War One (WW1) recruitment posters, (A gift by Horace H.J. Roberts). Over 200 Parliamentary Recruiting Committee and Parliamentary War Saving Committee posters were published before the introduction for conscription in January 1916. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fabric, Textiles
Tagged #Armistace Day, #Poppies4Remembrance, #Posters, #WarTimePosters
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Natalia Goncharova’s Kingdom Under the Sea
Russian avant-garde artist, painter, costume designer, writer, illustrator and set designer Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova was born on June 4, 1881 in Tula. Her great-aunt was the wife of Russian poet, Alexander Pushkin. By 1891 the family moved to Moscow. In … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Textiles
Tagged #Ballet, #BalletRusses, #Costumes, #MikhailLarionov, #RussianFolkTales, #SergeiDiaghilev
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The Object of Orphism
Sonia Delaunay was a Jewish-French artist who, along with her husband Robert Delaunay and others, co-founded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colors and geometric shapes. Her work extends to painting, textile and stage set design. … Continue reading
From East to West – I’ve Goatcher Covered
Philip W. Goatcher was born on the 23rd November 1851, in London; the son of a scene painter. He left school in his early teens to work as a law clerk at Lincoln’s Inn. In his spare time he would visit … Continue reading
Posted in Artists A-Z, DecorativeArts, Illustrations, Paintings, Performing Art, Textiles
Tagged #Kalgoorlie, #Melbourne, #Victoria, #WesternAustralia, Bay of Naples, Block Arcade, Boulder, gold rush, goldrush towns, J. C. Williamson, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Philip Goatcher, Sadler's Wells Theatre, theatre backdrop curtains, theatre design
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Just one piece of the major Jigsaw
Jigsaw is a clothing retailer with outlets in Britain, the United States and an independent licencee in Australia. Formerly only a women’s clothier, Jigsaw launched their menswear range in 2012. The company is based on Mortlake Road in Kew, south west London and has 47 outlets across … Continue reading
What a great mantle-piece
The fashion plate featured here is one of Jean Patou’s “mantles” as advertised in the “Art Gout Beaute” fashion magazine ca. 1922 Art-Gout-Beaute (aka “Art, Good Taste and Beauty“) ran from the 1920s-1930s. Considered more “vogue than Vogue,” this expensive … Continue reading
Posted in Illustrations, Paintings, Textiles
Tagged #ArtDeco, 1920s, Art Gout Beaute magazine, Jean Patou
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Alannah Alarmer!
If you’re a “girly” girl like me, you will be sobbing into your lace and bead-trimmed floral hanky. Australian fashion designer Alannah Hill, has announced splitsville from her label “Alannah Hill“, which she started nearly 20 years ago. What once … Continue reading
Posted in Embroidery, Fabric, Lace, StreetArt, Textiles
Tagged #Fashion, #Textiles, Alannah Hill, fashion design
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Oh what a beauty… I’ve never seen one as big as that before!
In this instance, I am referring to the gaping mouth-hole on this picture which is an inset of a section of curtain painted by John Piper in 1942 for the Edith Sitwell/William Walton production of Façade. So, who exactly was … Continue reading
Posted in Textiles
Tagged #ArtInstallations, Art, curtains, Edith Sitwell, Façade, John Piper, Osbert Sitwell, William Walton
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I love knit-wits
Yarn bombing or yarn storming, is also known as guerrilla knitting, urban knitting or graffiti knitting. It includes colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fibre attached to ordinary objects in the street. Often these yarn installations (bombs or … Continue reading
Je suis Parisienne
This sample is from a summer cotton print in the Parisian style, from the House of Simona, which is a family run business renowned for showcasing timeless designs, sophisticated style, superior cut and outstanding quality for the ever-so stylish, Australian … Continue reading